When you have a love one pass away it can be hard because you don’t want to miss out on all of the things that you remember dealing with that loved one. When that love one is a child it becomes even more hard… you never want to forget your love one so when the death date or birthday of your love one comes around you want to do something to remind you of them. But what if they were a young child, what if they didn’t really eat, what if they really didn’t have a favorite place. What do you do then? What do you do when you don’t have the piles of memories?
For me- it can be hard we try to come up with things that will remind of Zach. I do Remembering Zachary to share his love and his Legacy but it’s hard. The further from his death the harder it is as people tend to count 6/14 as a normal day.
This week I was asked for the first time “what do I do to honor Zachary?” Well I instantly said to have a cupcake in his honor. She asked what flavor, because of the friend I was able to say whatever you like. See Zach couldn’t eat, he didn’t have a favorite meal or a favorite place. However, he loved cupcakes. Making them on the iPad and showing people. Cupcakes made him smile. We try to go get cupcakes to celebrate him, however with my ceilac that has become harder. I just pray that my heart is healed just a little by whatever we do.
Why am I sharing this? Of course it’s because I want to share Remebering Zachary to gain writing utensils to pass out to the teachers of my school. But it is also to share that if you know someone that has passed and you want to honor them know it’s okay to do what you want to. The family might have a suggestion but I can tell you just you honoring them is touching to those who have lost someone they love. Speak the name, tell the family, make sure they know that they are not alone, know that grief comes in waves and it never goes away. Remind them that they are loved and their love one is remembered.
Remembering Zachary-
This year we are collecting writing utensils. Pencils, pens, markers, colored pencils, and crayons those items that are needed by the 3,4,5th grade scholars of my
School. I am going to attach two wish lists Walmart and Amazon. You may shop from those. You may do a pick up order from Walmart or target ( private message for locations). You may send cash, check or gift cards. You may drop off. Please let me know if you have any questions.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1Q3GST6EB5R5N?ref_=wl_share
https://www.walmart.com/registry/tr/2d8dd412-e52f-4531-a719-fafbf859f231
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