testimonials
I am always grateful when someone has taken the time to write words of thanks. Being in my role for nearly two decades means I have walked beside thousands of people navigating the pain and desperation of bereavement. In that time I have received more than a significant number of thank you cards, letters and many lovely reviews.
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Below are a few messages I have received, with my deepest gratitude. If you wanted to leave me feedback, please email me on the link below. I would be delighted to hear from you and add your testimonial to this page.
nicola@nicolamartindavis.co.uk
"Nicola was beyond expectations, personable, likeable, witty, considerate and very charming ... and she made the day full of positive memories."
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"Dear Nicola
Thank you for your guidance and help with arranging Mum’s service, liaising with all the various parties and basically pulling it all together.
So many people came up to me and commented on how beautifully they felt you had led the service. The family also felt you absolutely represented Mum and us as a family with what you said.
I felt seen and heard on the day thanks to you as well…..especially the primrose seed fiasco which you rescued.
It was a pleasure to have met you and gone on this journey with you. In time I’ll get to your grief book.
Very warm thanks and best wishes."
" Nicola, what can I say? I don't have the words to thank you enough. You were absolutely perfect, the day felt so special and will be a wonderful lasting memory for us all. Her yoga friends in particular commented on how she would have loved hearing your words, and they thought that you must have known her, it was all just so fitting. Everything ran so smoothly and it was the perfect way to say goodbye. Our family and friends will all have some wonderful memories that will stay with us. The video was just right and the song sounded wonderful in that room, and of course the sun was shining for her. Thank you Nicola, for your caring calmness and for understanding exactly what we needed."
"I wanted to thank you so very much for your support and the wonderful service for Mum. It really was everything that we could have hoped for and a fitting set off for an amazing mother. Thank you so much for supporting all of us through this difficult time and, in particular for all the care you took prior to the service to ensure that everything was going to run smoothly, we really are most grateful. With very best wishes".
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"Nicola was understanding, helpful and empathetic when she helped us say goodbye to our mum, almost two years ago. Since then she regularly checked in to see how we were which we had never experienced following other family members' funerals. I have since been a part of her grief cafe which has helped me tremendously. I now consider Nicola a friend and will be forever grateful for her help these last two years".
"We were recommended Nicola when we were searching for someone special to conduct my dad’s funeral - and thank goodness we were! From that first meeting, Nicola put us at ease with her gentle ways and a brilliant dollop of humour! To be able to giggle while planning a funeral was one of the most incredibly liberating experiences.
The service itself was conducted with such warmth and compassion. We received so much beautiful feedback from family and friends - including the comment “it was just the perfect combination of humour and gravitas”. I would highly recommend Nicola 💕".
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"Nicola is a fantastic human who has guided us through the hardest times twice now with empathy, compassion, love and humour! She officiated at my mother’s funeral in 2020 and we had absolutely no hesitation in asking for her services again last year when we lost Daddy. I recommend her in a heartbeat. Not only was she a fantastic support to the immediate family, we had so many comments about both funerals about how lovely they were. Thank you Nicola".
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"Dear Nicola, as our mum loved M&S it would be appropriate to say that was not just a funeral - that was an NMD funeral".
"We would like to thank you very much for giving us such a lovely service. So many commented on it. Thank you for your prayers and everything you said. We were so lucky to have you. Your hug was at exactly the right moment. Thank you".
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"Thank you for a lovely service today. Absolutely everyone commented on how warm and compassionate you were.
Have a lovely weekend".
"Dear Nicola, How can we thank you enough for all you did today... you are a treasure :-) The service was really the most beautiful I have ever known and at my age, I have known far too many. I want to find a way of thanking you as I am so appreciative of what you did for us all. ....and I love my gift .... Bless you and thank you :-) God Bless, with love."
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"Nicola, Now that things have calmed down a little I just wanted to acknowledge the help you gave at my mother’s funeral. I know it was a small send-off for a very elderly lady but the tone set by you and the kindness shown by you before, during and after the service was appreciated by everyone there. I know that if my mother could have been there too she would have thought it to be just the send-off she wished! It takes some skill with such a brief acquaintance to gauge the feeling of the moment and I’m sure you’ll give many families, as well as mine, that warm feeling of empathy and care. So a huge thanks from me and the family for blending all those emotional things into a marvellous send off for my mother. Best of luck with your ministry and keep that twinkle in your eye!"
"Thank you Nicola. You did amazing for us all. Thank you thank you thank you - so much."
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" Dear Nicola, I want to thank you for what you did last Tuesday for my sister's funeral. Thank you for taking it as slowly as you could in the hope I would get there in time before the service ended. I can’t believe I was late to my own sister‘s funeral and it’s still upsetting. I know when you met her, she was old but when she was young, she took care of me even after I’d grown up as our mother had instilled in her when we were children together. She was the best. Thank you again. Best wishes ..."
"Dear Nicola, Just a few short lines to Thank you so much for my Fathers Service it was so much more than I could have wished for. It has helped erase some of the bad memories of my Mother's service. We wish we knew of you back then. The whole family were grateful for your understanding of our wishes."
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"Hi Nicola, Just a quick message to say how wonderfully you conducted the service today. We were already relieved that you were in control of today proceedings and felt confident that we were in safe hands and you proved us all correct and got our feelings 100%. We thought that the gospel reading that you chose was absolutely spot on. Many of those who attended today spoke of how personal you made it all feel. On behalf of all of the family I would like to, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. With sincere thanks and very best wishes."
"Dear Nicola, It was lovely to see you after such a long time, the terrible thing was it was in such sad circumstances, but my Auntie Pauline wanted her funeral to be just like the one she met you at! I have to thank you, you have a special gift for making the person you are talking about come alive and that is priceless at such a crucial time in people's grieving process, they want to tell the world about their loved one and you do that for them so well. What you do must be so painful at times even with your beliefs. Everyone said how lovely the service was (I'm sure they do all the time) but some one said how comforting your voice was and how "soft but strong" it was!!
Once again thank you for making my family's pain just a bit easier. Lots of love."
"Dear Nicola, I just wanted to thank you so much for the lovely service you took for Mum's funeral yesterday. It was just perfect and so many people came up to me afterwards to say how lovely it was. You made it sound as though you really knew us all so well which made it all so much better and personal. Thank you for making it special for us all. Kindest regards."
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"Hi Nicola, I just wanted to say thank you for making today so special for my grandad. He would’ve chuckled at some of the things you said, and would’ve appreciated that you managed to make the service as light hearted as possible.
Thanks again, Best wishes."
"Dear Reverend Nicola
I would like to thank you for taking the funeral service for my father today. The family and friends all thought that Dad would have been pleased with the lovely Christian words that accompanied his tribute. He wanted wanted a Christian family funeral and I think we achieved this for him. Your choice of opening and closing and prayers was just perfect and very comforting on a difficult and emotional day. We very much appreciated everything. Kind regards "