People grieve in different ways. As such, Valley of Life hopes to offer a diverse set of resources to help people healthily move through their grief. Consequently, with the holidays still lingering for a few more days, we wanted to share another method of remembering loved ones: lighting a candle.
One of the greatest ways to preserve the memory of someone you’ve lost is to do so with honesty — painting an accurate picture, portraying a clear image, telling a true story. Often, the first medium through which friends and family can do this is an obituary. As such, don’t copy what others have written in the past, but write something completely unique to the person you’re wishing to memorialize.
Losing a loved one is a terrible tragedy — yet even though someone close to you has passed away doesn’t mean you have to forget him or her in order to move on with your life. In fact, there are many things you can do to remember and honor them everyday. One of these things includes wearing memorial jewelry.
I was reminded of the power of the spoken word this week. After learning of Valley of Life’s new affiliate, BroadcastBio, I spent some time on their web site reading content, but I mostly listened to their service demos. I was struck by how meaningful and moving a personally-scripted audio message could be, specifically a message like the one on the Memorials page.
Last weekend, my wife planted her very first garden. She did all the work herself, save filling the tiller with gas. She dug up a patch of earth, tilled it, planted some tomato and strawberry starts and a few flowers, and has been watering them ever since. Now, we have a legitimate garden in our backyard.
