Honoring my Grandmother at Wedding

porky · September 2011

As most of you know, my grandmother passed away last week. The funeral was yesterday. The last week has been really hard on all of us because her death was unexpected. She was buried in the dress she would have worn to my wedding. She loved that dress and she looked beautiful in it. It was very emotional for me to see her in that dress, but I know she is in a better place now.

I want to honor my grandmother at my wedding. My mother suggested that I have my grandmother's bouquet walked down the aisle and placed on what would have been her chair for the ceremony and then to place it on a chair at the reception. My mother also suggested that the pastor say a few words for those who may be wondering about the empty chair. I am going to place photos of my grandparents at the table with our guest book too. My mother also suggested having the Lord's Prayer read during the ceremony. Now I have to speak with our pastor about this when we meet on Saturday and see what her suggestions are.

Have any of you honored a recently lost family member at your wedding? How did you go about doing it?

Thanks,
Carrie

fpaemp2011 · September 2011

My grandfather passed away about 8 1/2 years ago from Mesothelioma (lung cancer from asbestos). We were extremely close and it still sucks. He was a Gideon (the people who put Bibles in hotels, jails, etc) and he took my brothers and me to Gideon conventions. After the ceremony as guests were going through the receiving line, my dad, who is now a Gideon, passed out Gideon New Testaments with a bookmark in Granddaddy's memory. The front had a memoriam to Granddaddy and the back had the plan of salvation.

Is there a recipe of hers you would want to share? A packet of seeds of her favorite flower? Her favorite verse or hymn or a passage from her favorite book?

sprtychick10 · September 2011

can you get a small locket with her picture in it and attach it to your bouquet?

AshNoel8 · September 2011

We had a flower for each grandparent on the altar, but they passed away several years ago. I think your ideas are wonderful.

porky · September 2011

Thank you all for your suggestions. My grandmother loved poetry so we will honor her with a poem by ee cummings. My mother will read the poem and will dedicate that to her mother.

I will ask my florist about attaching a locket to my bouquet. I was going to borrow a pearl necklace that was my grandmother's but the color is very different from the rest of my jewerly. If I cannot get a locket, do you think my florist could wrap the necklace around the bouquet?

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