Four Ways You Can Honor A Loved One

Losing a loved one is never going to be easy to deal with. Even if you have had a chance to say goodbye, you will never get past the feeling of missing them. When you honor a loved one, you can stay connected to them even after they have passed.

We want to be able to honor our loved ones in meaningful ways by making sure we use the right funeral services to do something that they love. There are many things that you can do to keep their memory alive. 

It can take many forms. You could create a permanent, private space where you can go to honor and remember them. 

How you honor the memory of a loved one is something personal to each person. Let’s have a look at some of the ways you can do this below: 

Experience The Things They Loved 

YOu could try out some of their favorite activities. You might be surprised by how much you can learn about them. It might be cooking their favorite foods, listening to their favorite music, going to their favorite movie, or reading their favorite book. It will all help you to feel closer to them. 

Build A Memorial 

You can create many different types of memorials, it might be something simple like a plaque or some flowers planted in your garden. Or you could go a little further and have a memorial tree planted in their favorite area. Then every time you visit you can stop and think about who they were and the things they loved. 

Finish Their Work 

Often when people pass they have work or projects that they leave behind. These can either be left, never to be finished or you could continue their work in their honor. It might be that they were restoring furniture, creating a painting, writing a piece of music, or simply starting a garden project. You don’t necessarily have to finish yourself if you haven’t got the skills to do it. You could hire a professional to finish it and then have it in your home. 

Keep Something Close By 

It could be an item of clothing or maybe a piece of jewelry of the person who has passed. You can either keep them stored away to show future generations or turn them into something that can wear yourself. You could turn an item of clothing into part of a blanket or a memory bear or you could convert a ring into a necklace. If you do this, these items will turn into things that you can pass down to your children and them to theirs. 

When we lose someone that we care deeply for, it can be easy to get lost in thinking that things will never be the same. That is partly true as you won’t be able to share new experiences with them, however, as time passes, you will start to feel better and realize that you can go on by honoring them in your life. 

Hopefully, these will help you if you have lost a loved one. 

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