How to Honor Your Deceased Mother?

I like the picture of her with the burning candle!

I'm sorry for your loss this is never an easy topic for me to talk about.. My father may pass before the wedding, if he does, I will be laying a rose in the seat that should have been his. We will also have a candle lit for him.

*hugs* I lost my dad in 1990 to cancer, and my mom in 2010 to cancer as well. I'm saving two seats for them at front. One will have the flag from my dad's casket, and the other will have my mom's ashes in her urn. You can even get bouquet charms with her photo on it to carry with you down the aisle.

http://www.exclusivelyweddings.com/Weddings/Wedding-Accessories/Ceremony-Accessories/Memorial-Candle/Pewter-Bouquet-Charm

My father and my grooms father pasted away and we're honoring them by using a candle...sorry for your loss

http://www.exclusivelyweddings.com/Weddings/Wedding-Accessories/Ceremony-Accessories/Memorial-Candle/Crystals-and-Lace-Memorial-Candle

We are honoring my children, uncle, and good friend with pics and a memorial vase and using roses. It has there names on it.

So sorry for your loss. I like the candle idea. Just a few other suggestions - if you are doing a wedding program, you can always mention her there or have your officiant also do this at the start of the ceremony. Another idea I came across that I really loved was a little locket with a tiny photo that you can attach to your bouquet! I thought that was so sweet and sentimental. I'll try to find a pic.

I'm so sorry for your loss I'm leaving a seat empty for my grandfather who I was extremely close to, with a rose. I also ordered this from etsy.com to put on my bouquet

Thanks guys....Fabulous ideas/suggestions. Very much appreciated.

Sorry for your loss. The Fh's mother passed away two years ago from MS. We as a couple decided to make a donation to the MS Society in lieu of favors. We are placing little notecards at each seating spot to let guests know our intentions. Also, I have decided to surprise the fh with custom cufflinks that will have a pic of his mother and him in them.

Another neat idea is to have a chair at a table set aside for her and either put a ribbon around the chair or something to let people know it was left in her honor.

Thanks Future Mrs. J....Love it.

Thanks for posting this Starr... I'm sorry for your loss...My mom passed in 2003 of Cancer and I was wondering what I could do in her honor as well. I really like the locket on the bouquet idea!

Thanks guys! I'm sorry for all that are also in my position. Great ideas...

Sorry for your loss also. My mom use to wear her keys on a keychain around her neck. I am having the keychain with her keys wrapped around my bouquet. I am also DIY a memorial candle with her picture on it. She will be mentioned in the program & a rose will be placed in her seat.

Love the thought of mentioning her in the program....Thanks Yolanda.

My FSIL's mother passed away when she was very young. She chose to honor her mother on her wedding day a couple of ways. She had her mom's favorite flowers at the unity candle table. It was noted in the program that these flowers were in honor of her mother. She had a balloon tied to a place setting at the reception, and she also had her florist work a necklace that was her mom's into her bouquet. I thought all of these were a unique and beautiful way to honor her mother on her wedding day.

Many of our brides have used this. One bride lost her mom and sister. She sent us a pic of her bouquet with two frames. They are just a few dollars but priceless.

We are setting up a memory table to honor those that have passed in our families. FH lost his mother & his favorite uncle when he was young. In the last 7yrs I've lost my grandpa, my great-grandmother, and my great-uncle. We needed to have them all be a part of our day but a simple flower on a chair just wasn't going to do it for us. So we're doing the memory table with a burning candle next to framed lyrics to a song that I love "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"- by Justin Moore.

For our wedding since the FH lost his father at a young age we are getting a large picture of him in like an 8X10 frame and we are going to find a way to "pin" a boutonniere to the frame, and we are going to have a special place at the ceremony and the reception for the picture. We are also doing a moment of silence for his memory.

I didn't read all the posts just your question. But if this hasn't been said.

A friend of mine had her weddign 2 yrs ago her mother died of cancer as well. She laced her mothers gold wedding band into the corset back of her dress around the ribbon. It was beautiful.

I didn't read ahead but I lost both of my parents in 2002. I'm planning to incorporate their favorite things into my wedding. For my father it will be in my flowers. We share a special rose and it will be in my and my MOH (sister) bouquets. My Mom will be honored in my bouquet as well via a couple of carousel charms (this was her favorite and something I shared with her). Just an idea of a way you can do it without being to terribly obvious (I'm still an emotional wreck over their abscence so this is easier for me to hold it together this way).

There will be other nods to them throughout my wedding. For those that knew and loved them it will be obvious to the others if they ask I will explain