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"Hi Debbie, You were great on Saturday. It was an absolute privilege to attend such a beautiful wedding and to see this gorgeous couple tie the knot . My little brother Rueben and his stunning wife Joanne. I really enjoyed the service. I'd like to thank you for giving such a lovely service. It was so relaxed which is exactly what Rueben and Jo wanted, We all really enjoyed it. Thanks again for making the day Special for us all"
Sister of the bride for Ruben & Joanne's wedding blessing (highlight video below)
"Debbie was an incredible celebrant. She took the time to get to know us and what was unique to our relationship. We were lucky to see her in action at a few other weddings and her ability to reflect the energy and personality of different couples was amazing. On the big day she made me feel relaxed and her warmth and love for what she does shone through. She even consulted my wife to ensure what she was wearing didn't clash or stick out! We are truly grateful for the experience and the ceremony was one of our favourite parts of the day. Thank you Debbie !" Ruben

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"We hadn't realised that we were able to have a Wedding Blessing at home, let alone in our own garden, but upon our first telephone call to Debbie to enquire about her services, she suggested that both were possible and so set in motion our 'Wedding on the decking!'.  Our decking is approx. 5m x 7m, and using 10 x straw bales plus indoor chairs and garden furniture, we easily seated 42 guests with Debbie stood under our homemade arch, conducting the 'Hand Fastening' ceremony.  We cannot praise Debbie enough for all of her input, suggestions and professional knowledge.  She guided us through the whole process and made all of the planning, especially deciding on the 'tailor-made' vows, enjoyable and less daunting, whilst always fulfilling our individual wishes.  More than anything we wanted the day to be informal and relaxed with a few quirky touches thrown into the mix.  Thanks to Debbie's sense of fun and humour we had exactly what we required and a perfect day to remember always"
Owain and Emma Price


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"Debbie helped us achieve a special day with our family and friends at our family home and farm. The service was personal and individual and she included our son as a ring bearer and acknowledged his role in the ceremony. We'll never forget our wonderful ceremony"
Jennine & Ian Davies



"Debbie's warmth, love and care is unlike any other. She welcomed us with open arms and put her whole heart into everything she did for us. We will be forever grateful for her presence, in what was the happiest day of our lives. We are blessed to know her and to have been touched by her kindness. "
Marc Strongman

"Debbie met with my fiance and I, and we outlined what kind of ceremony we would like, and when she sent a first draft, we were ecstatic that she had encapsulated our thoughts so well with the poems and readings. We sent our vows to her separately, and our friends sent their readings that she incorporated into the ceremony for us, and which would help to make it a lovely surprise, and she ensured that it all flowed well, and set a lovely tone. Our day was incredible and she was able to help us remain relaxed and happy, and so many of our family and friends commented on how she gave such a personable, lovely ceremony, which beautifully and seamlessly incorporated our guests on the day. I would highly recommend Debbie for such a special occasion, as she has such a beautiful presence. "
Katy N

"We met Debbie at a wedding fayre and advised her of our request for a short notice wedding. She helped and guided us on all aspects of our Welsh themed Wedding Blessing from the very start of our initial contact. We live in England and had got married abroad, but we wanted a short notice wedding ceremony back in Wales for grandparents and families who couldn't attend the wedding".
Laura & Gary Gilbert

"I met Debbie whilst she was attending my florist shop she seem so friendly and approachable. She advised me of her role as a Celebrant. After that first meeting I knew that she was the obvious choice to conduct my mums wedding ceremony.  Debbie put us all at ease as a family guiding us on appropriate readings and poetry and then going on to creating a wonderful personal ceremony for us all, especially my mum and step dad. The words were very meaningful and humorous at times.  It remains a much talked about wedding blessing by all the family and friends that attended".
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Becky O'Regane

"Debbie is a thoughtful, thorough and friendly celebrant. During the lead-up to our day she always had time for us and we never felt 'out of the loop'. When called upon she gave us useful suggestions and a good variety of options, and all the while was easy to work with. We really felt Debbie got to know us personally and this translated well during the ceremony."
Melissa
"Thank you Debbie. It was a truly special day and one we will treasure forever thanks to your enthusiasm and wonderful nature. Much appreciated xxx"
Melissa Sunny

Video review by Simon & Judith Brown:

"Debbie is a remarkable celebrant and made our day a very memorable one when she officiated the renewal of our wedding vows"
Irene and Eric Thwaite (50th Wedding Renewal)

"Thanks you so much for your service in providing us with a unique, relaxed and personal wedding Renewal of Vows ceremony, your kindness and warmth touched our hearts."
Mrs Charlotte Rodgers
"When our mother died a few months ago we chose Debbie to be the celebrant for her funeral. Thanks to Debbie our wonderful Mum was given the most beautiful send off. Debbie immersed herself in the life of our Mum and created a superb and unique celebration of her life. It was everything that someone so loved, and so important in our lives, deserved, and more. Through the entire process Debbie was deeply sensitive to our grief and supportive of what each member of the family needed to properly say goodbye. The highest praise we can give is that after the funeral, Dad asked Debbie to officiate at his funeral when the time comes for him to join our Mum. Thank you so much Debbie . "
Tracey Jones

"Debbie, I just wanted to say an enormous heartfelt thank you, for leading such a beautiful celebration of our sister's life on Monday. It was very sad for all of us but you were wonderful, managing to strike just the right tone for the service. I really felt you had made sure you knew as much as you could about our sister to make it meaningful to all of us who knew her so well. And I really appreciated your ability to cope with the last minute additions at a late hour on Sunday night and to support us during a very difficult time. Thank you "
Stuart Davis

"Dearest Debbie, Thank you for your perfectly balanced and sensitive funeral service for Andrew. Many people approached to tell me how beautifully you spoke about him and how it gave his life dignity. I was so very grateful for your wise suggestions as we planned it together as it made a difficult process much smoother for me. Most importantly, I am extremely thankful that you were able to make the funeral a personal honouring and respectful memory for our girls of their Dad. xxxxx "
Laura McCartie

"Look no further for the most genuine and authentic celebrant in Wales. Debbie was the celebrant at my mother's funeral and she made the whole process smooth and effortless. She gently guided me through the considerations that I needed to address and gracefully took charge when I needed help. The ceremony itself was everything I could have hoped for, and I attribute a large part of its success to Debbie’s understanding of such a delicate time in a person’s life. If I ever get married, I have no doubt that as a marriage celebrant she would bring the same wisdom to another important time in our lives, that requires a perfect balance of presence and restraint. "
Caitlyn Thorpe

"Debbie we must thank you for approachable caring manner, you offered such support and guidance, and helped us to note what information was required from us to help you compile a lovely Eulogy about our friend Darrin. Thank you for conducting a wonderful service for him. The ceremony was written with such lovely words in how you truly captured his true personality and you used such a beautiful poem being that of Linda Ellis "The Dash". It really made me reflect that the dash is finite and passes by so fast that we should all make memories in that space of time ❤️ thank you again"
​E Wong

"Debbie conducted a beautiful service, for one of the best men I have ever known. She guided us on the type of information needed to help her to write such a lovely Eulogy, and the service was very upbeat and positive. Just like Darrin. Thank you so much for conducting the funeral service today"
L James

"We just wanted to thank you and your colleagues for the service you provided that made our mother’s funeral such a wonderful celebration of her life, thank you in particular for your own professionalism"
The Lewis family

"Thank You so much for conducting the funeral of my late husband with such dignity and professionalism, also for your respect and kindness to my family. Thank you once again"
Gaynor Roche

"Thank you for arranging my sister Mary’s funeral with such kindness.
Absolutely amazing  – nothing was ever too much trouble for you; the care and dignity that you showed to our family and our dearly missed sister was fantastic. We will always highly recommend you"

Mair Davies

"On behalf of my sisters, Leanne and Sharon and I, we would like to sincerely thank you for your professionalism, understanding and compassion in conducting Mum's service. Your help and know how in leading the service made, what is a very difficult time, to run smoothly. The service for Mum was just how Mum would have liked it to be. Thank you again for all that you did in helping to make Mum's send off memorable"
Rosslyn
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"I truly appreciate all you did for our family with your service for Bob. Words cannot express our appreciation in delivering a wonderful service...I like to think we did him proud. It came together only because of your guidance and assistance at this difficult time. Thank you once again from all of Bob's  family and myself"         
Bev

"Debbie,  may we take this opportunity to thank you for your professionalism and support during a difficult time for us as a team of colleagues to whom had the pleasure of working with Emma, her sad passing has been felt deeply amongst her friends and colleagues here.
We just wanted to thank you for using the brief details of information related to you from each of us as a team, to then have all of our stories of Emma summarised by you  and to be relayed with in her ceremony with such genuine meaningful feelings and with such compassion that made the ceremony celebrate her life in such a lovely way. We are still talking about the ceremony service now weeks on so as a group of friends and colleagues we thank you for that"

Alison Jones of Coleg y Cymoedd
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"Thank you for allowing me to be involved as a speaker within the ceremony of my late colleague, even though I had only know her a short while her personality had made such an impact on me and with your help, support and guidance in writing a few words about her to be included within her Eulogy helped me give her family and friends acknowledgements of how she was much cared for and how her personality of welcoming people such as my self is spoke volumes about the  generosity and  kindness of Emma"
Sarah Jones and Alethea Davies
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"The lovely celebration of life ceremony you conducted for my close friend is still talked about by us all now. Your professionalism and compassion is genuinely noted and I thank you for the lovely words to which you used of mine within her Eulogy. Thank you again Debbie"
Natasha Osborne
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"Debbie I first met you when you conducted a beautiful celebration of life funeral service for a close friend and colleague. I knew then that I would like for you to meet my mum to whom was dying of cancer too. As a family we felt then that this was the type of ceremony for our mum. You came to our family home several times and met with mum to discuss her "living eulogy".
You made my mum feel at ease and was there with us as a family when she finally past away no longer in pain. Your follow on support and encouragement on what happens next and how to plan things was Priceless Debbie.
Professionalism information about funeral directors, financial services counselling etc was always helpful in guiding the right type of support for mums funeral. 
The ceremony it self was wonderful, with a montage of picture to rekindle memories, poems and mums favourite music to reflect mums personality We as a family can't thank you enough and we recommend you to everyone"​
Ceri Blackheath
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"We wanted to say, once again,  thank you from the bottom of our hearts for graciously conducting Emma’s Service and for all the support you gave her and the family over the past months. It was a lovely eulogy and many people who attended have approached us and said it was the most emotional and moving service they had ever witnessed. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to deliver my words without the emotion 
getting the better of me but I wanted to say them myself for Emma. It was the least I could do for her and she probably would have let me know if I hadn’t made the effort. Thank you for being beside me. It will be tough going in the short term but the pain will ease and get taken over by memories of her, as you said to us as a family that this is the next stages of the grieving processing to hold onto those memories"
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Keith and Sue Beecham (Funeral eulogy for their daughter, Emma)

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Mobile: 07496 442296

Office: 01559 362938

debbie@rivermansioncelebrations.co.uk


River Mansion Celebrations office;
Llys Arfon, Pentrecwrt, Llandysul, Carmarthen SA44 5AT
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  • Debbie Duggan - Celebrant
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