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[dshepard]

Some of you might have seen my recent postings about my mom in the hospital. Well, she passed away on Saturday. We really thought she would pull through this, at least for now, but when we went to see her early for Mother's Day, she was in trouble and passed less than 2 hours later. I am just devastated, I'm worried about my dad (they were married almost 49 years), I don't know what to tell my 3 yr old who was close to my mom (luckily she hasn't asked yet), and right now I don't feel like anything will ever be OK again.
I got my mom into scrapbooking a few years ago and she loved it and especially loved to make cards with poems she had written. I'm thinking about doing a memorial board/poster to put at the funeral home and wondered if anyone had any examples or ideas on how to do this? It is going to be SO hard for me to do, but I know she would have loved it. She always loved my scrapbook pages.


Edited to add: Thank you all so much for your kind words and support. I haven't been a member of this site very long and I'm pretty quiet, but you all have been so nice and I really appreciate it. This week is so busy with all the plans, calls, visits from her friends...and Thursday is the funeral which is going to be so difficult. I will post pictures of the memorial board when I get it finished. It won't have all the pictures I wanted (my dad was having trouble finding the things I needed) but I think it will be a nice representation of her. I have such a long hard road ahead of me, but with support of such great people, here and at home, I have hope that I can make it. Thank you all!

[Flasher]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[anazelia]

I am so sorry for your loss. I couldn't even imagine what I would be like if I lost either of my parents.

[AmyTeets]

I am so sorry. I think the memorial board with her work is a fantastic idea.
((HUGS))

[handerful]

I am sorry for your loss. Take care of you!

[4peasinourpod]

I am so sorry for your loss. I think a memorial board is wonderful. I recently went to a funeral of my friends mom (who i never met) and I think that it is a great conversation piece for those that are there to support family members. I learned soooo much about her and my friend just seeing the pictures. (((hugs)))

[beachlover]

so sorry about your mom!

[AnnOminous]

I'm very sorry for your loss

[Scrappy69]

So sorry for your loss. I know it's so hard to see the world just keep on spinning without her in it. You'll be in my prayers.

[averys_mom]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[WV Scrapper]

I am so sorry for your loss. HUGS

[BeatrizS]

oh sweety im sorry. your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. I think that a memory board is a beautiful idea. I was at a funeral about a week ago and the grand kids made about 4 memory boards. they had pictures up and different quotes that the grandmother would say often, and even though i did not know the deceased it was so nice to see how loved she really was. I can't imagine how difficult it will be have to go through pictures and honestly think that everyone will appreciate looking back at different times in your mom's past. So dont worry about it being fancy or perfect. I am sure your mother will love it as will her relatives.

[Wheeliegirl]

I am sorry for your loss.

[baltoscrapper]

I'm so very sorry about your mom, and on Mothers Day....


I'm sure doing the memorial board will be hard, but it's good to get those tears out and I think it will help YOU by doing the boards and having time to mourn her by yourself. I did some layouts for my dad's funeral and also displayed the scrapbooks I made for him. I really think it does help people that come to support the family even though they don't know the deceased. It helps them learn about the deceased's life and shows how much they were loved by family.

[jksergi]

I'm so sorry for your loss. At my Dad's wake we did Memorial Boards. We must have had 6 up with all the pictures through teh years. It really helped my family get through that awful time because we made them about how my Dad lived & not how he died. Everyone came over my house & we combed through old & new pictures & spent so much time laughing & talking about old times. My Uncle came over so he could tell us about the pictures of my Dad growing up. It was very sweet to see everyone looking at the pictures & we had people telling us different things about them.

[fong33]

So sorry to hear of your loss. {{{HUGS}}}

[scrappininAK]

so sorry to hear about your mom - lots of prayers for you and your famly through this time

[Kara]

I am SO sorry.. I don't know what to say!!!

[sarahwhithers]

Big hugs for you! My only advice is take it easy. Cry it out and be with your family. It def helps.

[scrapy1967]

So sorry to here about your loss!