Honouring relatives

[fingercuffs]

Do you do anything for their birthdays? My Mum would've been 81 today. I'm doing Steak Diane tonight, she used to love it as well as Christmas turkey...till she turned vege.

First year I've thought about it, husband's mum and dad were very Irish so I'm easy with that.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Visit the cemetery early, prayers, brunch.

 

[Strijfy]

My sister passed away almost 3 years ago of metastasised breast cancer.
I visit her grave on her birthday (5hour round trip) and sit and eat a packet of Twisties with her (Twisties are a cheesy flavoured snack in Australia) , which was her favourite food.
Normally Id do this by myself as its my thing that I like to do to remember her, but this year I took my folks as they are getting quite on in years ( 82 & 89) so I thought they would like to visit too, then took them out for a nice lunch.
My Nanas remains ( Dads Mum) are next to her so I get to have a sit with both of them.

 

[NadaRekowski]

No, I did for a couple years after my fathers passing when I was 18.

No need anymore.

 

[sleepwalk]

Since my cousin died, we try to keep him in our hearts often. We have tried to get the whole gang together around his birthday but it's an inconvenient time of year for a lot of us. We all make sure to grab a Slurpee on his birthday, though and take pics to send to each other.

 

[Axe720]

My dad will have been gone two years come February. We were never big birthday guys when he was around, so I don't really do anything for it now that he's gone. If he's on my mind heavy, I'll have a dedicated meditation session to address those thoughts and honor his memory.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I’m going to visit my last remaining grandfather this week. His birthday is in a few days. He is bedridden at this point. But he smoked for much of his life, drank until his lover was on the verge, and he’s still hanging in there in his kid 90s somehow.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

I'm about to lose my last grandparent.

My grandmother on my mothers side has had all treatment ceased this morning and the hospital is just making her as comfortable as possible.

I didn't have a relationship with any of my grandparents. It's a bit of a regret.