My mother-in-law loved carnations especially red ones. She died 20 years ago. At Christmas this year, I bought a dozen red carnations with one red rose. It is a memory to her as well as a gesture to my husband. He always misses his mother.
Flowers are an easy way to keep a memory in front of us. Putting the elephant in the room and talking about it.
As a clinical Social Worker, I would encourage my clients to create a memory for their loved one in their grief. Planting a tree is always a favourite one.
A donation to a charity.
But my favourite continues to be some flowers. For the last anniversary of my mother's death I bought the girls and me some little pink tea roses.
How about you? What do you do to create a memory? What do you include in your celebrations for your loved one?
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