QotD: Día de los Muertos
Today begins Día de los Muertos. What are your rituals or occasions when you remember loved ones you have lost?
Once a month I light this candle shown in the photo for my mom. This is 'her spot' on my shelf above my computer. I try to light the candle on the 20th of each month (she died 9-20-04) but sometimes I forget. Her memorial is in the frame. My dad and my brother have a framed memorial also.
The verse on the left side of the frame is the Native American Prayer. My dad attended a memorial service for my mom and other patients at the nursing home she was in. He liked the poem so much he had the funeral home order this memorial to her.
My mom's birthday was Christmas Day.
Comments
We have that same poem by my brother's little corner of the room! It is beautiful and still gives me goosebumps.
Wow! Your mom's birthday was on Christmas Day? Is Christmas hard for you because of it?