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NMABENDROTH
8/6/07 12:56 P
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I also lost my dad when I was 10, and I've been looking for some ideas to remember him during my wedding.
We are going to have a single rose at the altar in his memory, and a little blurb in the program explaining its significance. I'm not sure if we will plan anything else. It's always been really important for me to acknowledge my dad in some way during the wedding, but I also don't want it to turn into a big downer, either.
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| My dad died when I was only 12, and him not being there is one of the hardest things about planning my wedding. I always have to leave the room when I go to weddings and they do the father/daughter dance sicne I'm devastated that I'll never get to have that. For mother's day my mom always give my sister and I presents since she's cheesy and says she wouldn't be a mother without us. This year she gave me my dad's wedding band to give to my fiance on our wedding day. It meant more to me than anything I could have imagined. Unfortunately, I'm an extremely emotional person (I'm crying like a moron as I type this-lol), and I'm so worried that anything i do to remember my dad will set me off sobbing from all the stress and emotion of the day.
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Hey JJaxson
My mother passed away 3 years ago (September 22), I am getting married on September 29th and although my mother isn't going to be there in person she is definetly going to be there in spirit.
What I am doing is having an 8 x 10 picture of her with a candle next to it at the altar (beside the unity candles). When our family members go up to light the unity candles, my Brother is going to go up and light the candle in memory of my mother.
Also at the reception we are having a mini putt for our kissing thing and we are going to have our guests pay $1 for every putt and all proceeds are going to be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society in honour of my mother (she died of cancer).
Hope this helps you out!
Kristi
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FOLLOWURHEART35
7/30/07 1:47 P
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Oh yea, we had something in the program as well about the grandparents...
"In Loving Memory Of" and then we listed just our grandparents
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EMILYAF51885
7/30/07 1:45 P
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| On a wedding website I found these small frames that have ribbon with them that state "In Loving Memory." I'm planning on putting pictures of each of my grandparents that have passed away in them. The frames will be tied around my bouquet. We will probably have candles or flowers to honor all of our grandparents that have passed away. I've seen where people have put a statement in the wedding programs about how the flowers are in memory of certain loved ones.
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FOLLOWURHEART35
7/30/07 1:29 P
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We honored our grandparents at our wedding 3 of my 4 grandparents passed away and one of my husband's.
When the ceremony began we took the first few minutes to light memorial candles for them. They surrounded our unity candle. It turned out so gorgeous and was a really emotional moment during the ceremony...it was really great.
I also held the ring my Grandma gave me when she passed away with me as I walked down the aisle. It was amazing. I really felt like she was there.
The morning of the wedding I also went to the cemetary and put flowers on each of my grandparent's graves...it was so emotional but really made me feel like they were there with me :-D
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I'm getting married this November.. only mere months away. For the longest time I thought that it would be amazing if my mom would let me have my dad's wedding ring. He passed away 15 years ago, and I thought it would make an amazing connection for my wedding band to be made from his.
Finally got up the courage to ask her today, and as I expected she said no. I can kind of understand her decision - but i'm still bummed about it. My mom and I have never been close, I was a bigtime daddy's girl. She has done nothing for my wedding, not even shown any interest or asked any questions. This was the ONE thing i've only ever asked her for. Denied.
So.. after my long ramble.. any other ways to honour someone you've loved and lost?
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