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Memorializing grandmother during wedding

Lindsey, on April 8, 2021 at 4:05 PM Posted in Planning 0 6
My grandmother passed away today 5 weeks before my wedding. She was incredibly important to me, like a mother. I had really hoped she would make it to the wedding and it’s devastating me that she won’t be there. I know people have memorial tables with pictures but that doesn’t feel like enough. I don’t feel like anything is enough to make up for her not being there... Any ideas?

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Latest activity by Katie, on April 9, 2021 at 12:49 PM
  • Jasmine S.
    VIP May 2022
    Jasmine S. ·
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    Have a piece of her wedding gown sewn inside yours (if your family still has the gown). Carry a picture of her in your bouquet.
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  • Cyndy
    Master May 2019
    Cyndy ·
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    The bouquet charm is a nice idea or save a chair during the ceremony and place a special flower on it while the person during your ceremony does a says a few words. That’s what we did.
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  • CountryBride
    VIP April 2022
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    I am so sorry for your loss prayers to you and your family and loved ones, Maybe you can put a picture where she was going to be seated with a rose

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  • E
    Super July 2023
    Eniale ·
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    I'm sorry for your loss.

    Not to make you sadder, but you're right - nothing will make up for her not being there. She was special and her presence can never be replaced.

    You should do what feels comfortable to you, and also be aware that your feelings may change. You may decide right now that having an empty seat for her will be comforting, and you may find that the morning of, the mere thought of that makes you inconsolable. This is okay. Enlist someone who will be willing to quietly make last-minute changes if you need them.

    I always encourage people to incorporate something meaningful that made that person happy when they were alive. A favorite flower, a favorite song. If she had a poem she liked, or even a saying she always said, write it down on a little piece of paper and keep it with you. If she had a favorite animal, find a little pin or charm of it and sew it into your dress or to your bouquet. By choosing things that made her happy, you carry some of her happiness with you on a day that she certainly would have been happy for you.

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  • Lazell
    Savvy September 2022
    Lazell ·
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    I'll be leaving a seat for my mom who passed away in 2018 at my wedding as well as doing a memorial table for the rest of our family members who have passed away.
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  • Katie
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    Katie ·
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    In so sorry for your loss. You can have some of her favorite things displayed on the memorial table. Like my grandma loved Christmas so I will have on the memorial one of her small Christmas trees.
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