The Eulogy Blog

How to Deliver a Eulogy Without Crying: What Actually Works

You cannot stop yourself crying at a funeral, but you can stay able to speak: breathe out slowly, slow down, and pause instead of pushing through. ...

Eulogy for a Mother Examples You Can Borrow Line by Line

A eulogy for a mother is a 3 to 5 minute speech, about 500 to 750 words, that tells a few true stories showing who she was and what she gave you. B...

Eulogy for a Father: Five Examples for Five Kinds of Dad

A eulogy for a father runs three to five minutes, about 500 to 750 words, and works best built around two or three specific stories. Not a life sum...

How to Start a Eulogy Without Freezing at the First Line

Start a eulogy by saying who you are and how you knew them, then go straight to one specific thing about them. Two sentences of each is enough. Ski...

Eulogy Poems and Readings: 12 Full Texts, Grouped by Tone

A eulogy reading works best when it is short, clearly introduced, and placed near the end. Twelve poems and readings are written out in full below,...

What to Include in a Eulogy (And What to Leave Out)

A eulogy needs six things: who you are to the person who died, one sentence that says who they were, two or three specific stories, a detail only y...

How to End a Eulogy: 12 Endings and the Words Before Them

End a eulogy with three to five sentences that do one job: give the room a single specific image of the person, then say goodbye in plain words. Ab...

Eulogy for a Best Friend: Five Speeches Written Out in Full

A eulogy for a best friend usually runs 3 to 5 minutes, about 500 to 750 words, and works best when it is built around two or three specific storie...

Short Eulogy Examples You Can Read in Under Three Minutes

A short eulogy runs about two to three minutes, which is roughly 250 to 400 words. That is long enough for who the person was to you, one specific ...

Eulogy for a Grandmother: 5 Examples You Can Adapt

A eulogy for a grandmother usually runs 3 to 5 minutes, or about 500 to 750 words. The strongest ones skip the full life summary and build on one o...

Eulogy for a Grandmother: 5 Examples You Can Adapt

A eulogy for a grandmother usually runs 3 to 5 minutes, or about 500 to 750 words. The strongest ones skip the full life summary and build on one o...

Eulogy for a Grandmother: 5 Examples You Can Adapt

A eulogy for a grandmother usually runs 3 to 5 minutes, or about 500 to 750 words. The strongest ones skip the full life summary and build on one o...

How to Write a Eulogy When You Don't Know Where to Start

If you're reading this with a funeral only days away and a blank page in front of you — you're not doing this wrong. This is one of the hardest kin...