Bereaved parents want their children to be remembered, both during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month and always. Use these graphics to share about your child who is gone too soon.
Every fall, parents take photos of their children, fresh clothes and backpacks in hand, heading back to school. When a child is deceased, things look a little different, but they can still be included. Use these first-day-of-school graphics to share about your child and where they would and should be this year.
How might we celebrate our deceased childrens’ birthdays if they were still here? Having a large party? Going to the beach? These are just some of the things we are permanently missing, both on their birthdays and always.
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A deceased child’s birthday can be an emotionally heavy time. Use this card to express your personal wishes for the bereaved family on the birthday of their deceased child.
A deceased child’s birthday is still a birthday. Use this card to express your love and support for the bereaved parents and their child on the child’s birthday.
You don’t have to have met a deceased child for him or her to make an impact on your world. Use this card to share with the bereaved parents in your life that you remember them and their child on their child’s birthday.
A deceased child doesn’t need to be physically present on their birthday to be celebrated. Use this card to express your love and birthday wishes for your deceased child on their birthday.
One of the harder parts of living after the death of one’s child is the absence of memory; the milestones that live on only in a parent’s imagination. This poem expresses the complex feelings inherent in that experience, particularly on a deceased child’s birthday.
As much as we miss our deceased children on their birthdays, we often also want to celebrate them. Use this card to share your love, honor, and grief on your deceased child’s birthday.
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As parents, we want to celebrate our children on their birthday. As bereaved parents, we often want the same. Use this customizable card to remember your deceased child on their birthday.
This iconic Rachel Whalen quote resonates with loss parents because it’s simple and it’s true. And the love that we carry for our children in our hearts is one of the most powerful ways to honor them on their birthdays. Use this card to express the love you carry for your deceased child.
On the birthday of a deceased child, one of the most comforting things can be gathering together to talk and share memories. This customizable cake-and-balloons-themed invitation invites your friends and family to join you for a virtual celebration. Download and edit or customize in Canva.
A deceased child’s birthday is still a birthday. Use this customizable balloon-and-cloud-themed invitation to include your loved ones in the celebration. Download and edit on your own computer, or visit the Canva template link to customize in Canva.
If beaches and sandcastles remind you on your deceased child, this memorial birthday invitation is the perfect way to honor them on their birthday. Download and edit on your own computer, or visit the Canva template link below to customize in Canva.
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.
![This random act of kindness performed in memory of : [fill in the blank]. Please pass the kindness along to help keep their memory alive.](https://adrianselephantpanda2.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/18095256/Act-Of-Kindness-In-Memory-Of-Card-2-300x176.png)
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.
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 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.
![Baby loss greeting card: In honor of the birthday of [fill in the blank], I have made a donation to [fill in the blank] - Sea Glass Parenting](https://adrianselephantpanda2.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22174434/SGPCardFlat-In-Honor-Of-Your-Childs-Birthday-I-Made-A-Donation-To-IG-9-300x300.jpg)
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.
!["This is my [Fill in the Blank] Mother's Day. Thank you for remembering and honoring my child and my motherhood this year" in blue text inside a white circle surrounded by a yellow abstract design. Five pink and green flowers surround the image.](https://adrianselephantpanda2.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/27094844/4-300x300.png)
Mothers Day can be a complicated holiday when one of more of your children is deceased. This customizable graphic offers multiple ways to share with your loved ones that you do consider yourself to be a mother, and are thankful to be remembered and honored on this day.
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.
