Hold a Family Memory Evening.

Reminice about the fun times. Remember the Laughter.

Donate a Gift in Memory of the Lost Loved One.

Establish a Scholarship in Memory of the Lost Loved One.

Make a Quilt or Panel --as with the AIDS Quilt and SIDS Quilts.

  On special occasions--birthdays, anniversaries, holidays--buy a gift in memory of the Lost Loved One and donate it.

Donate you time to helping the Hungry, the Homeless, and others less fortunate during the Holidays and other times.

Plant a tree, a bush, a flower in a Loved One's name.

Buy a special ornament to hang on the Christmas tree.

Fill a Christmas Stocking with notes to the Lost Loved One.

Light a special candle on Birthdays, Anniversaries and Holidays.

  A beautiful suggestion, and symbolic of the change, have wedding rings melted down and redesigned as another ring, a pin or a pendant. This way you have the memory of what was, with the symbolism of the change.

Hold a party on their birthday, or as a recent T.V. Dateline show on Holidays and Healing suggested, Holding a birthday party at the Cemetary.

Create handprints (if possible) for 'holding.'

  Stuff an old T-shirt.

  Create tiles for a bench, or a playground.

  Make a Teddy bear, or other stuffed toy with pieces from a favorite article of clothing.