If your deceased child were alive today, how might you be celebrating their birthday? Inviting your loved ones to join you in one of your child’s favorite activities is one way to keep their memory alive. Download and edit this customizable invitation on your own computer, or visit the Canva template link below to customize in Canva.
One of the most beautiful ways to honor a deceased loved one on their birthday is to perform acts of kindness for other people. Use this customizable card to invite your loved ones to perform acts of kindness with you.
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One of the sweetest ways to honor a deceased love one is to perform a random act of kindness in their memory. Use these downloadable cards to help in spreading kindness around the world.
As a companion to our comprehensive guide on planning a funeral or memorial service for your child, below are two printable documents to help in the funeral planning process. Please feel free to print and share wherever they may be useful.
When a child is gone, their absence is felt everywhere. Holidays can be an especially hard time. Use this card to show you loved one you remember their child even in the midst of the busiest of celebrations.
The death of one’s child can often be described as the worst day of a parent’s life. While nothing can make this experience better, the doctors and nurses who care for parents and their children certainly try. Use this card to express your appreciation for the people who helped you on your worst day.
The experience of giving birth to a deceased child or experiencing the death of a child shortly after birth is horrific. While nothing can make this experience better, many care providers do everything in their power to try. Use this card to express your appreciation for the members of the care team who supported you in your child loss experience.
Bereaved parents call child loss the ‘club no one wants to be part of’. And as much as we hate that anyone else has to join us in this club, we also appreciate the companionship we find here. Use this card to express to another bereaved parent how much you appreciate knowing them, even when you wish you didn’t have to have a reason to.
The birthday of a deceased child is still a birthday. This card emphasizes the love and celebration felt by family and friends on each birthday after a child’s death.
Bereaved fathers are fathers, whether their children live or not. Download this card to show the bereaved father in your life that you remember them on Father’s Day.
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One of the many ways to honor a deceased child on their birthday is to make a charitable donation in their honor. Use this card to show your bereaved loved ones that you honor their child’s birthday with them.
Motherhood exists in so many forms. Download this card to show your bereaved loved one you honor their motherhood at Mothers Day and always.
No parent should ever have to say goodbye to their child. Download this card to show you loved one you understand the enormity of this loss.
The death of a child often turns the world dark. Download this card to show your loved one you are there for them in this darkest of times.
Sometimes we need to be blunt about how much it hurts to lose a child. Download this card for a loved one who appreciates outspoken support.
The death of a child hurts long after the funeral is over. Download this card to express to your loved one that you remember their pain and honor their love, no matter how many years it’s been.
It can be comforting to know your deceased child is remembered, even years after they are gone. Download this card to show your loved one you honor and remember their lost child.
The death of a child can leave their parents’ arms achingly empty. Download this card to show your loved one you understand there is no better place for their deceased child than here with them on earth.
There are as many ways to grieve as there are grievers, and each way is valid. Download this card to show your loved one you support them in all the ways they need.
There are never going to be perfect words; words that take away the pain. And so we offer the best words we can: I’m sorry. I love you. I’m here. Download this card to show your loved one you are with them when it hurts.
We are often tempted to look for the ‘bright side’ in loss, but sometimes there is comfort is acknowledging there isn’t one. Download this card to show your loved one you will sit with them when it hurts.
It can be surprisingly helpful to acknowledge that you aren’t an expert about your loved one’s loss, but that you are open to listening. Download this card to show your loved one you are a safe place to share their pain.
People often feel obligated to find a silver lining in every tragedy, but sometimes, there simply isn’t one. This card is a good way to show your loved one that you acknowledge the enormity of a situation that just sucks.
One of the things bereaved parents want most is to know that their child is remembered. One of the best ways to do this is to say their child’s name. Download this card to show your loved one you acknowledge their child today and always.
Sometimes the most comforting thing to say after loss is also the simplest: “I love you. I’m so sorry this happened”. Download this card to show your loved one you care.
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