The Use Of Memory Boxes In Bereaved Times

From a young age, we are aware that death is an inevitable part of life. Yet if we lose someone who we know and are close with, we feel mournful and sorrowful, and rightly so. If we’ve spent a good deal of time with someone during our lives then it’s only natural to miss them and to want to remember them when their gone.

Regardless of what relationship you had with the deceased person, if you were close then you will most likely want to remember them as well as possible, and a “memory box” is the perfect way to achieve this.

Memory boxes are most commonly used for the in the heartbreaking situation of a Mother having a stillbirth or a miscarriage. They are simply boxes that contain representations of how the deceased child was or would have been.

Usually, memory boxes will contain these items, give or take a few depending on the person; moulds of the child’s hands and fingers in clay (or something similar), the child’s inked fingerprints, the birth details of the child along with his/her name, pictures and a lock of hair.

There are other circumstances under which memory boxes are used. For example it is becoming increasingly common for people who know that they’re time is nearly up to make one for their friends and family, containing their own personal effects.

Memory boxes are made in this way if a parent knows that they are dying but their children are still quite young and need them around still, or if someone simply has lots of close acquaintances and wants to be remembered, then age doesn’t necessarily matter.

Items normally included in a memory box are things like photographs of the deceased with the recipients of the memory box, any trademark items, eg. if someone always wore the same watch, that would be included, and also fragrances are a good stimulant for the memory.

They are usually personalised with the deceased persons name written on the outside of the box and they will make amazing and emotionally stimulating keepsakes for anyone who has lost someone close to them, right up until the day they make theirs.