Saturday, January 17, 2009

Angelversary Memorial Ideas

An Angelversary is a term used typically to refer to the one year date of your baby's birth and/or passing. It can also refer to any number of important dates regarding your angel baby. On this page we give you a number of ideas on how to celebrate these special dates.

1. Wear something special: Have a shirt made up with your child's name & angel date on it, or a picture. You could wear special jewelry or a brooch that reminds you of your baby.
2. Buy baby a gift: To keep or donate to another baby in your baby's honor.
3. Send a message: Write a letter to your baby & burn it or put it in a memory box.
4. Pamper yourself: Go to the spa.
5. Visit your child's resting place: Take flowers or balloons & visit a while.
6. Take baby some place new: You can go somewhere different every year & take pictures of this special place to put into a scrapbook.
7. Send a letter to family & friends: Send them a special memory or thought you want to share about your baby.
8. Have a birthday party: Have cake & ice cream with family & friends. Take up donations instead of gifts to donate to a local charity.
9. Go out to eat: Find a restaurant to go to every year & maybe see if you are able to reserve a table under your baby's name you can sit at every year. Many cultures honor the gift of food and water to those who have passed on.
10. Release balloons or butterflies: You can attach a note to the balloons to send to your angel baby.
11. Volunteer: Using this day to volunteer in honor of your child can be very healing & nurturing.
12. Help someone else with a loss: There are countless ways in which you can help others who have experienced a loss. ideas
13. In name of Gift: One way to keep your child's memory & name alive is to buy an "in name of" gift. You can buy a star named after your child or give a financial contribution to a deserving charity among other things.
14. Light a candle: A very simple & calming way to honor your child is to light a candle for them.
15. Specific cultural or spiritual ceremony: There are numerous cultural & spiritual ceremonies that can be performed in honor of your child.
16. Create/View art and/or music: You can create a special piece of art or music to honor your child on this day. Alternatively you can view beautiful art or listen to beautiful music on this day perhaps even purchase some to put inside your memory box or scrapbook.
17. Fast: Fasting is a good way to cleanse the soul.
18. Read poetry, book, or other piece of literature: Thee are many healing, loving, inspirational pieces of literature in the world that you can read on this special day. You can read it aloud to your family, you can read it to your angel baby, or do so privately.
19. Connect with other angel families - You are not alone. Others with angel babies know how important it is to honor your Angelversary. You can talk to others in a local support group, someone you know personally, or families online.
20. Living object: You can plant something in honor of your beloved child.

21. Journal and/or Scrapbooks memories: On this special day you can choose to journal special memories or thoughts for your child.
22. Memorial notice in newspaper: You may quite easily buy space in the local newspaper for a memorial notice.
23. Adopt a pet: Pets are great healers
24. Engage in a random act of kindness: A beautiful thing to do is perform a random act of kindness. Think of someone you know who could use a little help or uplifting gift.
25. Go on vacation: You can be happy & have fun while honoring your angel baby!

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