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June 9, 2018

40 Special Ways To Honor Your Child

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40 Special Ways To Honor Your Child
       

There really is no right or wrong way to honor your child. Do what feels right or is best for you and your family.

There is also no timeframe, and some years you may do more than others, or nothing at all but remember. That is ok.

This is your journey in a unique parenthood.

Some of these suggestions may not work for your family or beliefs, some may be just what you were searching for.

Either way, we would love you to add your rituals and ideas in the comments.

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Here are 40 special ways to honor your child:

Sponsor a child in need who shares your child’s birthday

Make a memory Shadow Box

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Take memorial pictures at cemetery or cremation site or with urn

Set up prayer and remembrance flags

Start a support group for other grieving parents

Adopt an animal from a shelter

Make a scrapbook/photo scrapbook of items worn/used or bought for child

Make or buy a personalized piece of jewelry with your child’s name, date or initial

Get a tattoo of your child (name, photo, date)

Take photos of something in nature that help you feel closer to your angel (light, butterflies, flowers, dragonflies, etc…)

Collect an art piece that reminds you of your love for your child

Make a charitable contribution in your child’s name to your favorite charity or organization

Collect candles with scents that remind you of your child

Create a place in your home for your child’s special things

Purchase and name a crater on the moon after your child

Name a star after your child (unofficial, but still cool)

Start a charity or non-profit to help others in your situation

Keep a blog and write your heart. You can even make it private if you don’t feel comfortable sharing your journey with others

Participate in March of Dimes walk in their name

Speak to your hospital about starting or being involved with the bereavement support program available

Order a Molly Bear

Get a custom portrait done (available for babies at any age)

Plant a tree

Donate memory boxes to your local hospital

Donate to a local charity in their name, like Ronald McDonald House or March of Dimes

Do a butterfly release

Take a creative photography course

Order a Certificate of Life

Miscarriage Certificates of Life (UK)

Speak their name to anyone willing to listen

Sign up for a creative workshop for grieving mothers

Celebrate their birthday, in a big or small way, whatever you might feel comfortable with

Collect little things here and there that remind you of them

Attend a concert

Write a letter to them

Send off water lanterns at a nearby lake or beach in their memory

Take a creative writing course, or just start writing

Order a personalized baby memorial candle

Plant a garden (in your front/backyard or community)

How do you honor the memory of your child? 

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  1. Christine says

    May 15, 2019 at 5:21 pm

    My daughter Alana was 22 when her life was tragically take by a woman who fell asleep behind the wheel and hit her head on I do a memorial benefit to help dental assistance attend the school she went to . And at the benefit next to her urn I have pens and tables for people to leave her notes that I put in her stocking and we read as a family on Christmas morning. ♥️♥️♥️

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  2. Tammy Benthall says

    July 9, 2019 at 10:25 am

    On your child’s birthday go to a bakery and pay forward for someone who has ordered a cake for their child’s birthday in honor of your child.

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