Wednesday, March 7, 2012

How to remember those who have passed

1) Share your memories with friends and relatives and bring them to share them too. You can learn things you did not know someone.

2) Leave the flowers of memory in your church, or another special spots like the beach.

3) Create a memory box containing special items that belonged to you and your loved one. Place little notes in it with special memories.

4) Put the notes in a box with a padlock on it. Place posts in this box and write the things you had told your loved before it disappeared.

5) Make a collage of all your favorite photos of your loved one and put it up on the wall where you can watch anytime you like.

6) Honor your beloved's favorite tradition.

7) Create a new tradition in remembrance of your beloved. For example you could light a candle and listen to your favorite music from the 20th day of each month.

8) Hang a stocking at Christmas containing lots of loving memories of your beloved.

9) Gather your friends and family together in celebration of your loved one. Perhaps a celebration commemorating the anniversary of their death.

10) Light a candle in your loved memory.

11) Make a memory book of photos and memories of your beloved.

12) Donate money to charity, or donate your time to help those less fortunate than you.

13) Wear a photo pin of your loved one or put their picture in a locket to treasure always.

14) Start a memorial trust fund or scholarship for your beloved.

15) Write a poem or a story about your beloved (See Funeral Poems.org ideas and inspiration)

16) Visit a place that you liked to go together. Remember the good times we had.

17) Hang a special trinket or ornament Christmas tree.

18) Plant a tree in memory of your beloved. For a plaque beside the tree with a message on it. <

19) Play your favorite music dear.

20) Bake your favorite meal and loved ones think of them while you are eating.

21) Make a memorial quilt in your memory dear. You could also do it by their old clothes.

22) with friends and family release balloons in memory of your loved one. Perhaps attach little notes on the balloons with messages on them.

23) Visit your loved his resting place often and take flowers to leave their tomb.

24) Name of a pet, even after the child after your loved one.

25) Plant a garden of remembrance for your loved one, plant their favorite flowers and trees and every time it will tend to remember your loved one. <

26) Write a letter to your lost loved one, tell them everything you miss about them and everything you've learned from them.

27) If you are hosting an event like a wedding or christening, do something to remember your loved one at That particular moment, to show what you want to be there with you. Maybe light a candle or hold a few moments silence in their memory.

28) Wear a treasure that belonged to a loved one, every time you look, it remembers them. <

29) On special occasions, like birthdays or Christmas, buy a present for your beloved and then give it to someone who needs it, like a person homeless. Make their day as yours.

30) Put a bench in your garden, or garden cemetery with a plaque that says on it in memory of your loved one and a couple of words about them.

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