Do You Keep Items to Remind You of Lost Loved Ones?

We partnered with our friends at Reimagine to explore why death and dying is often a subject people shy away from. It can be too hard to face, too taboo to discuss because it's such a heavy topic... the list goes on. So, what objects do you have to remind you of loved ones after they've left us?

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[LoveAlwaysAlwaysLove]

"There is no death ~ only a changing of worlds".
I loved hearing this at a young age. When my grandmother passed, I was a girl and she looked so extra good and fixed up in her casket- I tried climbing in to be with her. I wasn't ever taken to a service again by my mom anyway.
As an big all grown up adult, I'm very grateful to have had loving, positive, experiences with those I adore most who've passed. I, (like lots of others) miss them but still feel I'm with them too and talk lots to them. Rarely but sometimes I've had vivid, real, living reality dreams where there's been a healing interaction and one time my mom came to me and strongly suggested I move. I wish I would've listened to her and done it sooner!
Ah well ~ May we all have a graceful transition and send love to those who may struggle. It all counts.😊 🙌✌🙌✌🙌✌🙌
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[azj]

When I lost my mother a year ago I couldn't dare to look at her personal photos and items, but it got easier with time. Now I cherish those photos and items.

[nadiadonahue]

So uniquely for each of us as individuals, our loved ones live in our memory; through items, movements, traditions, smells, tastes, textures, places, sounds, other beings, feelings.

The scent or flavor of rose, cinnamon maple oatmeal with white rice mixed in it, dancing with gentle swinging arms at the hips, and botanical gardens are some things my loved one lives through. I wonder what things others peoples loved ones live through...

[iLitAfuseiCantStop]

My grandfather who I was really close to passed away a couple years ago & the only thing I wanted was one of his handkerchiefs. He had carried one in his pocket as long as I could remember & it was the most tangible link to him....

[minimochi]

I've lost a few people that I care about but there are two that have hurt me to the core. My youngest sister who passed from a drowning accident and my mother who commited suicide...
Everyone has the worst day of their life well, I have two.
When my sister died it brought this extreme amount of sadness and shock/guilt. She was the baby of the family.. None of us were supposed to see her die.
With my mother when she died it turned everyone's world upside down and guilt as well. The guilt hit us hard because these were two deaths that could have been prevented.
That being said I don't really like to keep reminders or them. It hurts too much. That's just me though... Even the happy stuff it makes it difficult for me so it's better for me if I don't have reminders personally

[taylorweber]

When my grandpa died I couldn't be in the room with him. he would get random seizures when his meds wore off. I felt so bad for not staying in the room with him but it was so scary watching someone in the process of dying. I just wanted him to be proud of me, so I keep the golf clubs he gave me and my sister has his jacket.

[khalidrehman]

My perspective on death is shaped by my faith, my profession and my (optimistic) nature. Death is part of life so I ask my family to celebrate the life that I lived; when I die. Muslim faith informs me that life is a gift given by God. He giveth and He taketh. I don't control coming and going. As a cancer doctor and as a past medical director of a Hospice, I feel privileged to be part of the last days and moments of people's lives. I have at numerous times sat  bye my dying patients in their homes just holding their hand as they took their last breaths. As an immigrant, I also know how difficult it is to have conversations about death and dying with loved ones. But it has to be done. I support Re-Imagine in its efforts to encourage such conversations

[InnerVisionStudios]

Beautiful video. Always remember that only the body dies, the spirit lives on.

[ineedalobotomyy]

I’d love to have one done for my Mamaw....

[kungfu]

Damn where’d she find those dragon balls at?

[laurenbahr]

Do you think people who kill themselves go to hell? That's what I what I was taught in my Lutheran religion. I have had a rotten, miserable life.