Creating Memories - Christmas and Anniversaries

Christmas Time and Anniversaries:

Light a candle for your loved one and allow each family member to say a message/memory/prayer/comment out loud.

Look at your baby’s photo album with your living children to acknowledge how deeply missed that child is at this time, but how strongly felt they are within the family.

Place a memorial notice in the personal notices section of the paper on anniversaries.

Hang tree decorations in memory of your baby. Perhaps you could make a star or an angel and put a photo of your baby in it to hang on the tree.

Plant a special tree/shrub/flowers in the garden.

An ornament or toy could be purchased and placed in the house where the parents and siblings feel it belongs.

Buy a crystal vase and have your baby’s name and birth date engraved on it and at Christmas and Anniversaries use it for flowers.

Let your baby’s siblings make something special or pick some flowers themselves to place on your baby’s grave or resting place.

Pick a child’s name from the Giving Tree that would be about the same age and sex of your baby and buy a present for him/her.

Let your baby’s siblings draw a picture, write a letter/message to your baby and send it off on a helium balloon.

Make a birthday cake each birthday and put the appropriate number of candles or sparklers on it.