Paying Tribute during Special Occasions
for remembering during difficult times of the year

There are certain times of the year when you will miss your loved one most terribly - an anniversary, a birthday, Christmastime, and other times when those special memories come back. Though most of this site is geared towards preserving memories in a tangible form, during these times, actively remembering and paying tribute to our loved ones can be even more valuable than recording memories on paper.

What were her favorite:

• Things to do?
• Places to eat?
• Movies?
• Foods?

Can you incorporate those into that special day? Would visiting the cemetery be appropriate? Think about her life and the kinds of things she enjoyed. Doing those things will help you remember and pay tribute to her.

Here are a few websites with more ideas on paying tribute to your loved one:

• Celebrate Life - 51 ways to honor your loved one's memory - How one woman turned her son's birthday from something to struggle through into something to something to celebrate.
• Remembering and Celebrating
• Ways to Remember
• These books give ideas for activities to do in remembering and memorializing our loved ones. Many of the ideas are geared towards children, though just about anyone would benefit in participating.

If you have any other ideas on how to preserve your memories of a loved one, please e-mail me and I'd be happy to include them on the site.

Remembering a Loved One

Collecting Stories from Others

Preserving Your Own Memories

Gathering Memorabilia and Treasures

Creating an Online Memorial

Paying Tribute during Special Occasions

Books about Remembering

Preservation/Care

Things to Keep in Mind

 
record the memories of a
male friend or relative
 

In love longing
I listen to the monk's bell.
I will never forget you
even for an interval
Short as those between the bell notes.

~ Izumi Shikibu

 
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