The Compassionate Friends (UK) 7 Remembering through writing We could: • Make a quote book of funny sayings they used, jokes they made, or funny conversations we may have had with them. It could give anyone reading it an insight into their personality and sense of humour, and at the same time, remind us about what made them unique. • Write a poem about them. This could be about the kind of person they were, or a past event that we have fond memories of. It could even be about an experience that was more testing and how they got through it. • Keep a diary of coping with our grief. • Write our child’s life story, on paper or on a blog. • Write letters to our child. This can be very therapeutic and the letters do not need to be seen by anyone else. • Write articles for TCF’s Compassion magazine or our local paper. • Write a tribute to our child on their anniversary or birthday, perhaps for publication in the memorial section of our local newspaper or on the internet. • Write a book about our child. • Write about plants or flowers to symbolise life and show that our child is still very much alive and growing in our hearts and in our memory. These are just a few examples. Using language as a tool, whether that is the language of words, pictures or music, to express how we feel about our child can really help us. We can gain a better understanding of our relationship with them, mark memories, and create new ones. Useful Links creative-writing-now.com - has an article on how to write poetry. choosingtherapy.com - has 25 Prompts for starting a grief journal. Download ‘Journey’ app - an app for journalling it can be downloaded from Google Play Store or Apple App Store
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