27/01/2026
Honouring the Bard
As Scotland celebrated Burns Night on Sunday, G made veggie haggis and we raised a glass to the Bard whose words continue to echo through so many of the ceremonies I’m privileged to lead, weddings, funerals, memorials and namings.
Burns understood people. He wrote about love, loss, laughter, belonging and the ties that hold us together, the very heart of ceremony.
Whether I’m welcoming a new life, celebrating a couple’s commitment, or honouring someone’s final chapter, I often find myself returning to his honesty, humanity and deep sense of connection.
One of his lines reminds us of the dignity in every story:
“A man’s a man for a’ that.”
So, to Burns, to the poetry that comforts us, the words that unite us and the stories that shape who we are.
Slàinte mhath 🥃
