memorial for my mother

Same here, Im glad you asked this

I'm doing a few things. I'll have a red rose in an empty chair for her and a candle lit in her honor... which my dad will use to light his candle for the unity ceremony.

I'm also playing one of her favorite songs during the lighting of the unity candle.

Finally, and most meaningful to me, I took her wedding gown and made fabric flowers out of it for my bouquet. I'm also having a small swatch of that fabric sewn into my dress over my heart.

For my father we are placing his photograph with a sunflower (his favorite) in a chair for the ceremony. I am having a photo-charm tied on my bouquet so he is, in a way, walking me down the aisle. In our program I wrote a short tribute to him and we might add a photo to that as well.

My MOH (sister) and I are carrying memory books with bouquets on the front of them and we also have charms with their initials attached to the memory books. We did want to honor them but in a subtle way as that's how they would have wanted it. Here's a pic

My SIL had a vase of flowers on the altar for her grandfather (who died a month before their ceremony) and a memorial in their program

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Some ideas that I may use:

*Put a flower on the chair where mom would've been sitting

*If you can handle the emotion of it, have the officiant mention your mother and have a very brief moment of silence. For example... The officiant would say, "Let us pause for a moment, and in this quiet space, listen for [bride's mother]'s joy that she surely is sending us right now in spirit."

*At the end of the wedding program, it is appropriate to add a memoriam line. For example, you might write “Today we honor those who could not be with us, especially the bride’s stepmother

*Put a charm, ring or something special in your bouquet.

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I have done all the items you mentioned and they are wonderful ways to remember your loved ones. Something else we have done that makes the family smile when remembering is to have a favorite item on display with their photo. One of the best ones was for a dad who passed away a year earlier. We had his photos, then a large bowl of Tootsie Rolls and peppers since he loved him. The bride and the dad's sisters loved this touch and it made them very happy. For a mom that passed away, the groom wrote a note to his mom, had it in a frame with her photo and her favorite flowers at the reception.

I'm sorry for your loss of loved ones.

I was watching Randy to the Rescue last night, the women's mother passed from cancer. In order to remember her, she used the color purple in rememberance of her mother. She had little touches of it on her dress, make up, and jewelry. You could add touches of your mother's favorite color, if it goes with your colors already.