Memorial Gift Idea
Jun 1, 2015 9:17:37 GMT -5
Post by pinkcat on Jun 1, 2015 9:17:37 GMT -5
Hi All,
**Potential trigger warning...the death of my 18 year old cousin by suicide is mentioned below**
I have seen such great ideas and advice here, so I was hoping to see if anyone had any suggestions here! My 18 year old cousin committed suicide last fall, so the past 6 months have been very difficult on our family. We are a pretty small family, only 5 cousins on this side, so we are all very close.
My uncle raised by cousin as a single parent, and they were the closest I have ever seen a father and son. They did absolutely everything together, and my uncle is so, so devastated. We know this year's Father's Day is going to be really difficult for him, and we are trying to think of a really nice gift to commemorate his son. A few of the ideas we had were:
- A "Father and Me" set of stars that you can buy and name in honor of someone. The stars are right next to each other like a "father and son", and my cousin was very interested in astronomy and was often at my parent's house looking out the telescope.
- Something engraved with my cousin's signature or fingerprint, so that my Uncle always has that with him
We know that no "gift" is going to make this day any easier for him, and it is going to be hard no matter what- but we are hoping that at least something personalized will bring him a little bit of comfort this day. Has anyone ever given or seen any really personalized gifts along the same line as those mentioned above? Any ideas you have would be much appreciated as it will help us brainstorm :-) Thank you!
**Potential trigger warning...the death of my 18 year old cousin by suicide is mentioned below**
I have seen such great ideas and advice here, so I was hoping to see if anyone had any suggestions here! My 18 year old cousin committed suicide last fall, so the past 6 months have been very difficult on our family. We are a pretty small family, only 5 cousins on this side, so we are all very close.
My uncle raised by cousin as a single parent, and they were the closest I have ever seen a father and son. They did absolutely everything together, and my uncle is so, so devastated. We know this year's Father's Day is going to be really difficult for him, and we are trying to think of a really nice gift to commemorate his son. A few of the ideas we had were:
- A "Father and Me" set of stars that you can buy and name in honor of someone. The stars are right next to each other like a "father and son", and my cousin was very interested in astronomy and was often at my parent's house looking out the telescope.
- Something engraved with my cousin's signature or fingerprint, so that my Uncle always has that with him
We know that no "gift" is going to make this day any easier for him, and it is going to be hard no matter what- but we are hoping that at least something personalized will bring him a little bit of comfort this day. Has anyone ever given or seen any really personalized gifts along the same line as those mentioned above? Any ideas you have would be much appreciated as it will help us brainstorm :-) Thank you!