In time you may find that you would like to mark the special days after your child has died. Birthdays, anniversaries special dates that mean so much. We have quite a few ideas below however, if there is something we have not included and that you would like to share, please contact us.
- Let off balloons; tie a note or a special message
- Give everyone a ribbon and tell them what it is for and who it is in memory of
- Make a scrapbook or shadow box and store pictures and treasured items that were special to your child
- Buy something your child would like and keep it as a memento
- Take toys etc to other children in hospital or donate money to the hospital or local children’s hospice in memory of your child
- Have a t-shirt made with your child’s picture and wear it all that day
- Make a memory stone; paint your child’s name, dates or a picture
- Write a message in a bottle, write about your child, include some tiny memento’s relevant to your child and don’t forget to include your address as you never know who will write back to you!
- Light a special candle of remembrance
- Get awareness bands, I am the father/mother of an angel
- Share your story either on a social networking site, blog or newspaper, or contact us and we would be happy to share it on here.
- Hold an annual charity event in memory of your child
- Get involved in a cause, volunteering your time to something that is already established
- Write a poem and send it to everyone you know
- Ask others to write their memories or impressions of your child, read them aloud at a gathering at your home and maybe include a table with some of your child’s special things as a remembrance
- Plant forget me not seeds