Honoring your loved one

We will have a display of pictures, potentially wedding photos, for all our grandparents and especially my fiancé’s father (likely bigger picture or center of the display or both). We may include my godmother/aunt as well.
if you look at zazzle or a similar site, there are signs with wording that you can use to add to your display or purchase their signs, maybe also put in a frame. If I remember correctly, it’s something like “we know you’d be here with us today if heaven weren’t so far away”.

Also we will add to the invitations after my fiancé’s name “son of the late Firstname Lastname”. It’s important to us to include him because we will include our other parents’ names.

View Quoted Comment I have a sign like that I got it from wish. I added some embellishments on it. I was gonna put that on the back of the chair

I’m carrying a picture of my dad in my bouquet. I’m also having a memory/candle/sign thing (not sure what exactly yet) at the reception. I’m playing a song that makes me think of him in a happy way. I’m not sure if there will be other ways, but it is likely I’ll come up with more. 💙. You’ll think of the right stuff that will honor your mom and make you feel close, but not sad. 💜

My wife's mom passed away 10 years ago. We had a memorial table for her and two close friends. We also hung a wind chime meant to honor our friend and her mom. It was quiet all day since there was no wind, but was making the most beautiful sounds during the ceremony itself. It warmed our hearts! I feel like for us we mourned more in the planning process than we did on the day. My sister-in-law however, got choked up every time someone mentioned their mom and when she saw the table. You never know how you will feel until that moment comes. My heart goes out to you, I'm sorry for your loss. I hope the happy memories will be the ones to carry you through the planning process.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for sharing that. I think I'm going to add a picture in my bouquet. I'm sorry for your loss my friend. I kno they're very proud of us.

View Quoted Comment Thank you my friend ♥️ sorry for your loss as well I miss my mom very single minute and day.

My FH's mother passed almost 3 years ago. We're planning on having a chair set aside for her and my FH will have a lily flower in his boutonniere and I'll have one in my bouquet (her favorite flower).

I'm so sorry for your loss, Chrisheena. It's hard enough around the holidays when someone you loved so much is gone. Then let's add in the torture of planning a wedding without them. It's tough and it sucks!

We're putting up a "remembrance string" at our wedding. It'll be a light-up string with paper-framed photos of our loved ones hanging from little clothespins, and it will be strung up across our cloth/flowered backdrop where we're saying our vows. This way they'll be front and center for the action and they'll be in some of our photos, too. I'm so excited to be able to honor my father, FH's brother and our grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends this way. We have 27 photos to hang, which feels a little overwhelming and it's definitely been sad planning for it, but hopefully we will be able to honor each of them and it will be more happy than sad.

Our officiant is also going to make an announcement during the ceremony to honor those friends and family who can't be there so that there is a moment of silence. Still haven't decided if we're going to have her announce actual names or if we're going to ring a bell/bang a drum 27 times. But we still have a little time to decide.

I ordered a lucky sixpence for my shoe from Etsy, and it is specifically dated the year my grandmother was born, so that I'll feel close to her that day, because this was a day she dreamed of for me my entire life.

I agree with Tina's idea of doing something that will give you a joyful memory as well! Best of luck to you in deciding. You're so close to your date!!

View Quoted Comment Beautiful idea to honor her ❤

View Quoted Comment I appreciate you and I love your ideas I writing this down in my planner for the moment of silence and I'm thinking of singing one of her favorite songs. To dedicate tht to her. My voice is not bad so I kno I can do this. Thanks again my friend and good luck on your special day.

My father passed away when I was 8. Growing up- I knew I would have to plan my wedding without him. Pinterest has helped me finalize my thoughts on what I want to do to honor him. At the ceremony- we are going to mark a seat as reserved for him. At the reception, I think we will do a special table and light a candle in honor of our loved ones who cannot physically celebrate our day with us.

Also- forgot to mention that I am going to tie my fathers wedding ring into my bouquet. I also wear a gold necklace everyday that has his ashes inside. (Some say morbid- I say he’s always with me). This will be the necklace I wear for the wedding, so that my father can still walk me down the aisle. We have planned our color scheme to go well with gold has a metallic.

View Quoted Comment I love that you have a little piece of him to walk with, Leighanne. That's so neat!

View Quoted Comment Luuuuuv that idea that's so special and intimate. I kno he's smiling every step of the way my friend.