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Message from: Daniel, 26 Jan 05

Subject: Memory box

My Dad took his own life 4 years ago when i was 12. I dont really have much to remember him by apart from my thoughts. Has anybody else been in the same situation as me and how did you put together a memory box?

Subject: (no subject)

hi i lost my dad when i was 13 and he killed himself to. get pictures of your dad and put them in a folder. everytime you get upset or feel lonely look at the pictures and it may make you feel better. sometimes they make you more upset but it makes me feel better xxx

Subject: Memory box: no pictures

Hi Daniel & Christine,
I would love to put together a memory box for my Dad who died of cancer - I have a kind of scrapbook with the letters & cards I was send after he died, to help remind me of the support I have (there's an idea for you Daniel), but I only have a couple of photos of him, & they're really old ones. Drawing pictures is NOT an option for me (no artistic talent at all!) - does anyone else have any other ideas of what I might put in a keepsake box? My Mum threw out/gave to charity all his belongings, so there isn't really anything of his as far as I can think of that I could put in... xxx

Subject:Memory Box Ideas

Hi everybody. When my little brother died 18 months ago I decided to make a memory box too. Although I had photos to put in, I also looked on the internet for poems by people in a similar situation to myself as I found these helpful to read. I don't know whether you kept the booklets from the funeral but I have them too and also any cuttings from the memorial section of the newspaper about my brother. I also have one of his tops, a few cards from him and a few pictures by him. Just put in anything at all that you feel has a connection to your dad. It doesn't have to have belonged to him or be from him, just as long as it will remind you of him. I hope I have been of some help. If you need anything else just write back. Take care all of you and stay strong. Love to all x x x