Memory journaling

[chloe40]

I've just read about memory journaling and I think it's helpful with our grieving. You may like to try this, so I have listed points of interest.

The point of this exercise is to unlock deeper feelings and lesser-known memories. For this type of journaling, you write down answers to interesting questions in an attempt to remember small, very specific details about your loved one. There are infinite questions you can use as prompts, but here are a few to spark your thoughts:

What books or movies make you think of them?

What scents remind you of them?

Was there an item that you remember them always wearing?

What songs immediately bring a shared memory to mind?

Did they have a favorite holiday? How did they celebrate?

Where was their favorite place?

What did family mean to them?

Let me know what you think.

Chloe

myfarewell.com accessed 04/03/23

[gracy225]

Hi Chloe! I think Memory Journaling is a lovely idea! So simple yet there are many, many things I could write about loved ones and all they loved. You gave great examples to start with and that's exactly what I'm going to do. Start a Memory Journal. Thank you so much for the idea. xgracy

[chloe40 Administrator in reply to gracy225]

Hi gracy225

Thank you!

I thought it would be helpful as we often forget the little things about our loved one as time goes by. When I started my memory journal, I was amazed how much came back, I'm so glad I started it.

Some may think we never forget these things but in my case I certainly did!

Chloe <3

[Hidden]

Ooh, I LIKE this!! Thank you!! I have an ongoing letter to my mom that is full of bigger memories. I never thought about these questions, though. How cool!

Can I share for a second that my mom was an amazing knitter, having knitted so many toys, shawls, blankets, and scarves. I sleep with a rabbit she knitted. Writing that even brings up a fun memory. It is the memory of being back home to visit for 2 months. I lived out of my suitcase because every single drawer was filled to the brim with yarn skeins. I remember her coming in one morning with a stepstool. I was up, but not out of bed yet. She had climbed up on the stool and was throwing down knitted toys left and right. The rabbit fell into my lap. She gave an embarrassed laugh and said sorry. She proceeded to tell me that this rabbit was one of her very early projects and she was still learning how to put in eyes (this rabbit has both eyes, but one of them is sunken in). I didn't care. It was the most beautiful thing I had seen, and I told her so!

[chloe40 Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Hi Hidden

What a lovely memory, brought a huge smile to my face. I could just imagine those knitted toys raining down to give you a 🤗hug!

I'm really pleased for you, I am now wracking my brains to think of memory that has the same

effect on me!😘

[Hidden in reply to chloe40]

Here she is. I've recently discovered that holding her grounds me. The baby in her pocket isn't attached, so pops out every once in a while.

My rabbit

[chloe40 Administrator in reply to Hidden]

She's gorgeous, I want her and her baby! [she says feeling envious]

<3