a deceased parent

kristinadillon · March 2011

My fiance lost his mother when he was really young. I was wondering if anyone knew any ideas of how we can honor her and remember her during the ceremony.

Midgette · March 2011

If you are doing programs you can have a poem or something to honor her in there.

Also in one of our readings during our ceremony we named all the deceased family memebers

probablykate · March 2011

My FI also lost his mother (about 10 years ago). We are thinking about having a picture of her on a table near the guest book with a sign that says something about "in memory of.." We want to do something that's low key but still recognizes her.

pbj1975 · March 2011

I think I saw somewhere that a rose was placed on the chair that the deceased parent would have sat in during the ceremony. I thought that was very touching.

BellaSposa223 · March 2011

Kristina- John lost his dad when he was very young as well and I had something made that John didn't know about til the wedding and he loved it. I had it made on etsy and he loved that something was able to say father of the groom when he couldn't physically be there.

http://tinyurl.com/63fvhpb

kristinadillon · March 2011

Thank you so much for all of your advice, i should have said this in my first post but without getting into details my fiance does not have any picture of his mother, therefore i am still stuck on what to do.

probablykate · March 2011

You could still do a statement or a candle or whatever without a picture. It could just say "in memory of..." and have a few words about his mother, or a few lines of poetry that resonate.

Xcoliebearx · March 2011

I like the idea of having a rose on the chair where she would sit. Another way to honor her is to put a quote or a small poem in the wedding program dedicated to her. Instead of a picture near the guest book, you could have a poem written or typed on nice paper and put it in a frame. Light a candle for her, play a special song, there are many ways to honor someones memory.

Xcoliebearx · March 2011

http://www.wrapwithus.com/Products/In-Loving-Memory-Candle-Decal__VL5880-dr.aspx

I was looking through a wedding favor website and came across this. It made me think of this post

EllieBee79 · March 2011

My fiance lost his mother several years ago as well. What I'm planning on doing is carrying her favorite flowers in my bouquet and using her china for the head table at the reception. I'm also going to include a tribute to her in our program with a note about the flowers and the china.

I haven't asked my fiance about his mother's favorite song yet, but I've also thought dancing to that at the reception with a short tribute before it is another idea.

mystinamarie · March 2011

We just attended a wedding two weekends ago where the groom had lost his father 5 years ago. The back of their program had a poem dedicated in his memory. At the reception the best man (groom's brother) wove him into the speech. And then the groom's uncle (the deceased's brother) stood up and said a prayer before we ate that included the groom's father and mentioned how his presence was there during this day.. etc. etc. Amen.

I thought it was all a nice reminder to that side of the family (we were there for the bride) that the father was there with all of them. They all were laughing through tears during the speech telling jokes about him, etc. It seemed like a touching moment for their side of the family to have him there in spirit.

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