Debra Phillips, Certified Life Celebrant

03/11/2026

I’m so thankful for the compassion that Funeral Directors offer so freely to families we serve 🤍

03/08/2026

02/22/2026

As a Life Celebrant, I am trained to create truly unique end-of-life ceremonies.

I am certified to work in conjunction with funeral directors and officiate at traditional funerals and interments, memorials/celebrations of life, graveside services and/or the interment of cremated remains.

Depending on the type of service, these ceremonies may occur soon after a loved one passes or in the event of cremation, at a date suitable for the family.

My role is for grieving individuals to have an extra resource to lean on and it is my honor to work with families to ensure that a funeral or memorial is a deep reflection of the life being honored.

I’m always happy to answer questions about the role that I may offer to anyone requiring an officiant for a loved one’s service.

02/17/2026

Happy Lunar New Year! chúc mừng năm mới! Gong hei fat choy! #2026

02/16/2026

This is beautiful 💘

02/08/2026

So much of what makes a family strong is never written into laws or policies—it’s spoken (or left unspoken) around kitchen tables, in living rooms, and across generations.

We often wait until funerals to say the words that should have been shaping our families all along. But families don’t flourish on unspoken affection. They flourish when we choose to honor one another while we’re still here to hear it.

Say what could strengthen your family today. Bless your people now. Tell them who they are to you. Build the kind of family culture where love is spoken freely—and often.

This is how we rebuild a civilization of love, one household at a time.

01/24/2026

A New Year doesn’t automatically mean the feelings we held vanish. Our brain knows it’s a different date, but our hearts ignore the calendar. Regardless of the day, year, month, hour, hold space for your emotions, they’re valid 🤍 #2026

01/24/2026

Always advocate for your loved ones to be heard 🤍