Bereavement Gifts
How to Find Perfect Bereavement Gifts
Finding bereavement gifts, to give to the family of a deceased person, should not be a tedious task. Most of the time, simple things can mean a lot to them during their time of grief. There are different types of items you can choose from.
Your choice will depend to some degree on what your relationship was with the deceased, as well as your relationship with his family and friends. The closer you are to them, the more personal it should be.
Bereavement gifts can be religious, visual, musical, horticultural, material, or even edible. They can be homemade, bought from a store, or specially custom-designed. The price of these items may be expensive or inexpensive. Your final choice will all depend on what you have in mind. Your gift can be anything, but the presents you choose should be appropriate for the occasion, and tasteful.
If you still don’t have any clue as to what to give, the following are some ideas you might use:
Visual or Musical Tributes
A visual or musical tribute can be a good bereavement gift. This does not necessarily cost a lot of money, though creating it can take a lot of time. It is, however, an extremely personal gift which shows that the deceased and his or her family are truly in your thoughts. A musical tribute can consist of the deceased person’s favorite music or artist. It can be a collection of funeral songs, or it can consist of spiritual and uplifting pieces. Other examples of visual tributes include video montages, photo albums, scrapbooks, and collages.
Horticultural Bereavement Gifts
Many people – the majority, in fact, choose to give horticultural bereavement gifts. These can be plants, flowers, or other greenery. There are certain types of plants which symbolize peace and grieving. Where flowers are concerned, it can be roses, lilies, carnations, or orchids. Saplings which symbolize bereavement include the Scottish Pine, the English Oak, the Mountain Ash and the Silver Birch. As for bushes, these can include the Pussy Willow, the Rose, Mountain Laurel, Flowering Quince, and Lilac.
Material Bereavement Gifts
These are the types of bereavement gifts which can be purchased at regular stores (offline or online). Typical items which may be given during the grieving period include jewelry, art, angels, outdoor items, plaques, and books. Jewelry items can include cremation necklaces, mothers’ rings, birthstone earrings, charm bracelets, lapel pins, and cross necklaces. Under the category of general art, we have figurines, statues, murals, paintings, photographs, and plaques. Outdoor items include engraved stones, garden benches, and wind chimes. Prayer books, the Bible, poetry books, and the like, can also be given to the grieving party.
Edible Bereavement Gifts
One of the most personal types of bereavement gift is the edible kind. It would mean a lot to those left behind, if you took some time to prepare food for them. Something as simple as baked goods, or prepared meals, ready to freeze, can show them that you care. During times of mourning, the family and friends of the deceased might have less time and attention to spend on cooking and caring for their personal health, but a lack of nourishing food can make the loss even more difficult to bear. If you choose a high-quality, comforting, and even nourishing food, your gift can truly help them.
Daring Time
You granted me childhood
Allowed me to err
You showed me life
Revealing the secrets
You read my soul
Unwarranted love
*******
You took a path
I could not follow
A right reclaimed
and granted
a thousandfold
*******
Time, re-created,
Is now a gate onto the future
And beyond that gate
Your future has now begun
Ama Dablam – Mother’s Necklace
Mother’s necklace
Evening star
On canyon rim
Orion’s image
In Nepal land
A mountain’s love
Were you, my child
Motionless trees
Stood the sky
On moonlit nights
For you, my child
Horizon your prayer
Waterfall your music
The splendor cathedral
Your life, my child
Ama Dablam, a necklace offered
To me, your flesh and blood
When you said, a day resplendent
Fatality broke your song
- by Els van den Eynde
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