Positive Ways to Remember Your Loved One
Create something to help you remember:
• Make a scrapbook of wonderful memories.
• Organize your photo albums.
• Make a list of the things you remember about your loved one: the way he laughed, her favorite sayings.
Express your feelings:
• Write a poem.
• Talk to your loved one or write a letter to him.
Do something life-affirming in his or her honor:
• Plant a tree or plant a garden of your loved one's favorite flowers.
• Organize a family gathering in celebration of her life.
Share memories of your loved one with others:
• Include his memory in holiday traditions.
• Share memories of her with younger friends and family.
Take comfort in your own memories of him or her:
• Watch his favorite movie.
• Listen to music that brings to mind times that you shared.
• Make a quilt from her favorite clothes.
• Celebrate your loved one's favorite tradition, or create a new tradition in his memory.
Remember your loved one in a spiritual place:
• Light a candle in her memory.
• Provide memorial flowers at your church or synagogue in his name.
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