Remembering from afar
8 guides on Remembering from afar, from choosing flowers to getting them placed.
Caring for a grave you cannot visit, getting through the first year, and staying close to someone you love from a distance.
Holidays & Occasions
The First Christmas Without Them: Ways to Honor Someone at the Grave and at Home
Gentle ideas for the first Christmas after a death: at the grave, at home, and from far away, with when to plan holiday flowers so they arrive in time.
Remembering From Afar
The First Thanksgiving After a Loss: Ways to Remember Them
The first Thanksgiving without someone is hard. Gentle ways to include them in the day, at the table and at the grave, especially if you live far away.
Remembering From Afar
The First Year After a Death: The Dates That Will Hurt, and What to Do at Each
A calendar for the first year of grief: the birthday, the holidays, the first visit, the anniversary. What each date tends to feel like and one concrete thing to do at the grave for each.
Remembering From Afar
The First Visit to a Grave After the Burial: What to Expect and What to Bring
The first visit back is different from the funeral. What the grave will look like, when the headstone arrives, what to bring, and how to make the visit something you can do again.
Remembering From Afar
Sending Flowers to a Grave for a Friend: When Their Loved One's Grave Is Far From You Both
How to send flowers to the grave of a friend's parent, spouse or child, what information you need, what to write, and why the delivery photo should go to your friend.
Remembering From Afar
What to Do With Funeral Flowers After the Service
What to do with funeral flowers after the service: the casket spray, what to leave at the grave, how to dry or press them, and where to give the rest.
Remembering From Afar
When You Can't Visit a Grave: Seven Ways to Care for It From Far Away
Distance, health, cost or time keep many people from the graves they care about. Practical ways to tend a grave you cannot get to, from remote flower placement to photos, records and cleaning.
Remembering From Afar
A Sympathy Gift After the Funeral: What to Send When the Flowers Have Stopped
The hardest weeks of grief come after the funeral, when the support fades. Thoughtful sympathy gifts for a month, three months or a year later, including flowers placed at the grave.