Remembering a loved one who passed away at your wedding?

[Honeymooners1021]

DF sister passed away and she would have been my 3rd bridesmaid so we are having an extra boquet of flowers and placing it next to our guestbook. We haven't decided what to do yet for the rest of the family, DF and I have lost many grandparents and my father passed away 12 years ago. We might do a white rose for each grandparent and a red rose for my dad in an either an arangement. I will also have my parents wedding bands sewn in my dress.

 

[twojo21]

we had a rose in an empty seat at the ceremony & a frame with his photo at our reception.

 

[bonnaroofairy]

Fairytale bride...thank you, thank you for that wonderful idea. My dad passed away a year ago and I really have been struggling with the proper way to remember him. It is going to weigh heavy on me ALL day...but I know the happiness of the day will get me through. The 'father/daughter' dance that won't be will probably be the toughest, still haven't figured that one out. I just know I want to "feel" him there in some way...'cause I know he will be.

Thanks again!

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

Thank you so much for all your creative, thoughtful suggestions and for sharing your experiences. I love the ideas I've gotten.

 

[Gradar1]

When one of my best friends got married, she had a single-colored (white) bouquet of flowers, and a single red rose inside the bouquet--to remember her father who had been on life support several states away for about 10 years (he recently passed away). She also had a rose for each grandparent that was missing that were placed near the altar.

 

[Laurafoster]

My sister passed away several years ago, ive got a lvoely photograph of her as a bridesmaid at a previous wedding which im going to place on a table with a card saying in loving memory of a special bridesmaid or somthing along those lines with either a rosewand or small bunch of flowers next to it.

 

[bushdianee]

My sister had a memorial vase filled with flowers and my niece had a memorial candle. Both mentioned who they were for in the programs. My Dad has only been gone 2 years and my sister didn't have the parent dance at her wedding at all. I don't think many people even noticed that much. My Dad had given each of his 4 daughters matching interlocking heart rings a few years before he died saying that our hearts would be together forever. This was even before he got sick. My sister wore one of another sister's ring as her "something old and borrowed" as well as it being from Dad.

 

[kmab00]

This is all so sad yet so sweet! Thanks for the ideas!!

 

[happylalagirl]

I don't want to make the day sad in any way, so I think I like the idea of the grandparents wedding pics framed around the cake table. I only have one grandma still with us - she'll be 87 in September and my grandfather and my DF's grandparents passed away. That would be a beautiful way to commemorate them. Thanks for the ideas. We both miss our grandparents but know they'll be there with us that day.

 

[i*heart*villains]

My mom passed away in 2003, a year before my sister got married. On the morning of the wedding her best friend came while we were getting ready and gave us each a pendant that said I love you. My mom had bought them before she passed since she knew she wouldn't be at the wedding (she had terminal cancer) and ask that we pin them to our bra, close to our heart so that we would know that she would be there in spirit. Now that I'm getting married I'm going to wear my pendant again and I'm going to have one flower in her favorite color added to my bouquet, but I don't think I'm going to tell everyone. It's just going to be for me to remember her but not sadden everyone else.