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Honoring Deceased Parent

jesibel14jesibel14
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Hi girls!

So Kevin's father passed away a few years ago from lung cancer, and we're looking for various ways to honor his memory on our wedding day.  So far we have the favors, which will be white, rubber lung cancer awareness bracelets (think those yellow livestrong bracelets, but white), wraped in pouch with a little card attached to them saying in memory/with a pic of Kevin's dad.  We liked this since all the money goes to charity in memory of his dad, but also is an actual favor.  We're also going to mention something in the programs and probably insert a pic in there too.

Does anyone have any other ideas or has anyone seen any other nice ways to honor the memory of a lost loved one at a wedding?
Any ideas are appreciated! TIA! 
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  • babyhunbun7babyhunbun7
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    edited December 2011
    a memory candle is always a nice way to go.  my dad pasted a few years ago and i am having his picture attached to my bouquet.  maybe a pocket watch with his dads picture in it that he can care in his pocket
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  • BlondeBride123BlondeBride123 member
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    edited December 2011
    My dad passed in November, and I will be "reserving" a seat for him, and placing one flower from my bouquet on it at the ceremony.  I am had a charm made with my dad's picture from his wedding, to have wrapped on my bouquet, so he can be with me as I walk down the aisle.  I also have a small picture frame that I will put a photo of the two of us in, to place next to the guest book.

    I also had been contemplating having a special dance with my brother, in place of the father daughter dance to Dance With My Father, but I can't even listen to the song now without bursting into tears.  I hate to see what I would be like trying to dance to it during my reception lol.  I know my father would want this to be the happiest of days for me, so now I am just going to dance with Grampy =)

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  • jesibel14jesibel14
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    edited December 2011

    I find it very touching that you are both going to have your dad's pictures on your bouquets. I'm sure that they will be in spirit with you on your special day :)

    I love the pocket watch with picture idea - I think I'll add that as a gift for Kevin.  Also love the picture near the guest book.  We can't have candles at our place (historic estate) otherwise I def would have done the memory candle.

    Thanks for the great ideas ladies!

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  • LoveAdoptedLoveAdopted
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    edited December 2011
    I am also going to have two charms- each with a photo of my mother and my grandmother. Also, I'm going to have an empty chair at the front, and might have my two older nephews place a flower or a little stuffed animal (a deer for my mom, her favorite, and pretty much any animal under the sun for my grandmother) on the chair. I am also going to have some kind of set up with a picture of each of them, and a vase filled with their favorite flowers at the reception.
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  • jesibel14jesibel14
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    edited December 2011
    Love, those are some beautiful, thoughtful ideas too.  I love the favorite flowers one.  I may have to use that one for my grandmother, thanks for the idea (hers were pansies, not sure if in season, but can def look into it).
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  • Ishaba11Ishaba11 member
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    edited December 2011
    FI's dad just passed a couple weeks ago and we havent actually talked about how we are going to include him in our wedding next March. I was thinking a memory candle would be nice. I dont want to do the reserved seat because I feel that it makes it more obvious you're missing someone.
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  • jkeprosjkepros member
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    edited December 2011
    I went to a wedding where the groom's father had passed.  He had been a chef & they had the caterer make some of his dad's recipes as part of the dinner.  For favors they gave everyone a copy of the recipes.  It was so sweet!  Obviously that's something that's very specific to being a chef, but depending on his job or hobbies, you could include something like that, like offer his favorite beer or dessert & have a little sign/note about it somewhere. 

    Seven of our 8 grandparents have passed.  Our reception venue has a fireplace with a mantle.  We are going to display 8x10" photos of them (wedding photos for the 3 couples, and FI's fav pic of his grandfather for the 4th) on the mantle and then also display 1-2 items that belonged to each grandparent--like my grandmother's binoculars (she liked to bird watch), and my grandfather's stethoscope (he was a doctor).  We'll create a little display to show that we are thinking of them, but it hopefully won't be TOO sentimental/sad. 

    The girls have some great ideas!
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  • LoveAdoptedLoveAdopted
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    edited December 2011
    Jesibel.. I'm pretty sure you would be able to find pansies..You could go to a garden center now and ask them, and start looking for a cute box or pot or something to plant them in. I love pansies :)
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