Honoring Your Child
Honoring Your Child
Thoughtful Ways to Remember and Celebrate Your Child's Life
- Write a letter to your child
- Donate blood or set up a blood drive in honor of your child
- Volunteer your time to a local organization
- Set up a scholarship in your child’s name at your local school
- Have a birthday party with cake and balloons
- Hold an event fundraiser
- Visit a local bakery and pay for a child’s birthday cake
- Submit a piece of writing to a publication or website on grief
- Get a tattoo in honor of your child
- Release sky lanterns or helium balloons at the cemetery or other special place
- Donate items on a wish list or make a monetary contribution to a hospital
- Visit another family’s fundraiser to offer support
- Make a donation to an organization in honor of your child
- Have a meal with loved ones and incorporate your child’s favorite food
- Sponsor a child in need
- Participate in a walk/run that you connect with
- Post a picture and a few thoughts about your child on social media
- Take memorial photos somewhere special
- Visit a favorite place
- Purchase a memorial brick at a location that is special to your family
- Write a letter to a friend or family member that has helped you
- Plant a garden/tree
- Frame a picture or piece of handwriting
- Order a personalized memorial candle or piece of jewelry