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We have all known from a young age that death is part of life, yet when someone we know and love sadly dies, we feel bereaved and emotional. Of course we feel bereaved and emotional, if we’ve spent a lot of time with someone over the years that we’ve known them, we should feel saddened by the loss, and we should look for ways to remember them.

Whether you have lost an old friend, a parent, or worst of all a child, you will want to remember them as they were when they were at their best. The ideal way to do this would be to have a memory box.

Memory boxes are most commonly used for a mother when either her child dies, or she has a miscarriage or a stillbirth. The memory box in this case wold most likely be filled with items that reflect how the child would have been or was.

Typically, most memory boxes will contain the following items; fingerprints on paper & ink, finger and hand moulds in clay, a lock of hair, clothes that were going to or did belong to the child and the child’s birth details, among other things.

This is not the only situation in which memory boxes are used. It is becoming more and more common for people to make them for themselves when they know that they are on their way out.

This might be appropriate if a parent knows that they are going to die, but their children are young and still need them, or simply if someone has a lot of close friends or family and they want people to remember them, age is not necessarily relevant.

Some items that would probably be included in this case would be; most likely, lots of pictures, mostly of the person with the people that they will give the box to. Also, any personal or trademark belongings, for example if someone always carried a particular watch, then that would probably be included. Fragrances such as perfume or after-shave that the person was known for wearing is fairly common as well.

The boxes are always personalised with the persons name on the outside (well, not always, but usually). They make a perfect keepsake for anyone who has lost someone dear to them until the day comes when they make their own memory box.

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