This is a bitter sweet post for me. My husband of 29 years died in 2009 from cancer. Our four grandchildren were his biggest joy in life, even though the youngest was only one month old.
Other than his grand children, Arizona State University sports was his greatest passion. While in the hospital they wanted to transfer him to intensive care because his condition was getting so bad so fast but he had something he had to do first. Finish watching ASU baseball in the College World Series!!
Some people may think it was strange but we did his memorial with an ASU theme. My daughter bought t-shirts for all the kids that had Arizona State Kid on the front and she had Grandpa's #1 Fan printed on the backs. She even bought a onsie (which I can not find right now) for Camus the 1 month old.
Since the kids all outgrew their shirts my daughter wanted me to do something special with them, I decided to make pillows. I figured that way they could they could hold onto their memories of grandpa any time they wanted.
My daughter and her family now live 12 hours away and were just here for Thanksgiving. Since they won't be able to come back in a couple weeks we went ahead and had an early Christmas so I was able to see their expressions when they opened the pillows. Even my 13 year old grandson Mathew had tears in his eyes and the pillows were immediately well loved :)
I think they turned out really well, what do you think?
Still have one more to make whenever I can find the missing onsie. I know it's in my craft room somewhere :)
Have you made any special items to remember a loved one that's no longer with you? If so I would love to hear from you.
