Memorials

Funeral Songs for Child Loss

40+ Best Funeral Songs About Losing a Child or Infant

Today we’re going to be sharing with you over forty songs about losing a child. This is part of our series on the best and most popular funeral songs. You can read the master list here.

Once when I was small, an extended family member had passed away. It got me thinking, for the first time in my young life, about the fragility of life. I remember asking my mom what she would do if something like that ever happened to me.

Her response: “I would cry and cry and never stop for as long as I lived.”

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50+ Greatest Country Funeral Songs For Your Beloved

This list of the best country funeral songs is part of our series on songs for funerals, memorials, and life celebration services. Read the main article here. In that article you will find a list of the top 100 funeral songs, music by genre, and much more.

Music lovers of virtually any age and every walk of life adore country music. From Willie Nelson to Carrie Underwood, these artists hold a special place in our hearts. Country songs can depict every feeling out there, from happy and sad, to in love and silly, and back again.

Today, we’re placing a spotlight on those songs that make saying goodbye to a loved one just a little easier.

Below we have compiled a list of the 45 best country songs. These songs are sure to uplift and inspire you as you grieve your loss and prepare for the funeral.

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The Best Memorial Tree Urns for Your State

Our collection of Memorial Tree Urns are a hit with families looking for a way to celebrate life by planting a memorial tree.

These small, earth-conscious urns contain tree seeds in the lid, hold 35 cubic inches of cremated remains, and are buried (i.e. planted) in the ground.

Utilizing a special biodegradable and eco-friendly mixture which neutralizes the ph found in cremated ashes, these urns actually incorporate the remains into the growth process for the memorial tree.

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150 Uplifting Celebration of Life Songs for Funerals & Memorials

These happy funeral songs for a celebration of life is a part of our series featuring The Most Popular Funeral Songs of All Time, where we examine 100 of most popular songs for funerals ever recorded, organized into helpful categories and themes.

Today we’re sharing our favorite celebration of life songs for funeral services. These songs are ideal for a cheerful, uplifting memorial – not your typical sad and somber funeral service, but rather, with a ‘celebration of life’ in mind for your loved one.

So, if you’re foraging for fun funeral songs, you’ve come to the right place. This list encompasses a whole spectrum of uplifting songs for funerals; we’ve made sure that joy for life can be found in the lyrics, in the melodies, and in the beats themselves.

Our selection spans decades and genres, too, so there’s a little something for everyone (and every loved one).

Let’s take a listen.

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Mourning Jewelry- What is it?

How to Honor Your Loved One with Victorian Mourning Jewelry

What is Victorian mourning jewelry? How did this trend start, and do people still wear it today?

The broad appeal mourning jewelry holds might be surprising: It can be the hard-core skeleton and casket jewelry favored by Goth types or the soft cherub-winged and heartfelt pendants that your Willow Tree loving auntie might adore.

Read on to discover examples of both modern and traditional pieces of mourning jewelry, a truly meaningful history, and how you can honor your loved one with this beautiful style of memorial jewelry.

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How to Write a Tribute to a Sister Who Passed Away 

Sisters are irreplaceable and occupy a very special place in our hearts. That’s why when it comes time to write a tribute to a sister who passed away, it’s important for it to be thoughtful, meaningful and encompass all of those beautiful attributes that she embodied during her life.

You want to share a small piece of who she was with the people who have gathered to honor her.

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70 Best Memorial Plaques for Outdoors, Gifts, Photos, & More

Memorializing a loved one means something different to each of us. Some people will dedicate a park, a bench, or a tree in memory of someone. Others are happy to place a picture, a keepsake urn, or a memorial candle to honor their loved ones.

It doesn’t matter how big or small, how expensive or affordable; they are all important ways to say, “Your life mattered to me!”

If you’ve decided to honor your loved one’s memory with a memorial plaque, then we believe this list we’ve compiled will be very helpful for you. With so many beautiful options, it may be hard to pick which one would suit them best! 

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Heartwarming Memory Keepsake Ideas

12 Best Memory Keepsakes to Remember a Loved One

Many people look for memory keepsakes as a way to honor and remember a departed loved one.

After all, often they are buried in a cemetery or interred in a columbarium. Or their ashes may be scattered, or perhaps you have the remains with you at home but you don’t particularly want a cremation urn sitting out and about.

So the solution is to create some sort of memory keepsake. Something special, something that speaks to you about your loved one. Something that you can keep in your home in honor of their memory.

There are thousands of options; but here, we’ve curated the best for you. Let’s take a look.

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How to Write a Tribute to a Mother Who Passed Away

Writing a tribute to a mother who passed away is a bittersweet task. The loss itself creates a heaviness in your heart that seems unbearable, yet the act of remembering her results in a joy that is profound. 

Mothers are the most special people in the world. They embody the grace and wisdom needed to succeed at humanity’s most important role. No one shows the kind of unconditional love that our mothers display for us.

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11 Living Memorial Ideas to Honor A Loved One

Living memorials are part of a growing (!!) trend towards honoring the life of a departed loved one by emphasizing life, rather than death.

The idea is to shift the focus away from death and towards a celebration of their life as it lives on in the memories of their friends and family.

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21 Best Fishing Memorial Gifts & Tributes

Let’s talk about fishing memorial gifts and tributes that actually mean something.

The one good thing about fishermen and women and their one-track obsession – um, we mean hobby – is that they are easy to shop for! Everything and anything with a fish on it just calls their name. 

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