Alternative Ways of Healing

 

Alternative Ways

to Memorialize Your Baby

Scott and Denise – July 07

  • Memorial box, blankets, clothes, cards, etc., kept close in 2 trunks in the family room
  • Jewelry – birthstones/initials added to mother/child necklace, initials charm bracelet, SHARE pin, memorial teardrop pin
  • Printed magnets with babies name and date and angel for family (you can purchase magnet paper at any office supply store and print it on your inkjet printer and cut to size)
  • Planting a memorial tree in the backyard
  • Special oil filled ivory candle with an angel pin hanging from the ribbon to light on holidays and special occasions, we gave each of the grandparents a smaller version of the exact same candle and angel for gatherings at their homes
  • Creating a stamp to put on all Christmas Cards, etc. to include our babies when signing our names
  • Purchasing a Memorial Brick at the Angel of Hope Statue and inviting family to attend the event each year  
  • Donation to Share each year on the anniversary dates
  • Purchasing toys for the ages our babies would have been at Christmas and donating those to various charities
  • Designed what we wanted engraved on our headstone
  • Specific photo album dedicated to all the pictures of the pregnancy, nursery, babies birth and on going events following the loss such as Memorial walks, tree planting, bricklaying, etc.
  • Matching album to display all the items from the walks, services, song lyrics, poems, etc. from ongoing events and memories of the babies
  • On vacation, always finding a way to include our babies (initials in the sand on the beach is an example above)
  • Creating a music CD with songs from the funerals and other songs that have touched us through our grief journey, and making copies for a few friends and family
  • Helping to plant a tree at the neighborhood park along the trail we walk frequently with a plaque with our babies' names on in
  • Father’s day bracelet with babies initials and memorial teardrop on the band

 

Thank you Scott and Denise for sharing your precious memories!