From top to bottom:- Henry's cousins made the Henry's Garden sign for his first birthday. The hand is his hand that I traced for Thanksgiving a few weeks before he died.
- This angel was a wedding gift from Brian's sister. We found the stone heart at the beach when I was up visiting my family.
- Red dahlia and turtle
- The red dahlias are from a friend who has a little girl two weeks older than Henry. I asked her for something red (Henry's color) from her garden, and this is what I got. This first one was in bloom when we got back from vacation. I love it.
- The turtle with three little red birds is a souvenir from our vacation. The store we got it from features the work of developmentally disabled adults who work at an on-site pottery and weaving workshop. My mom had been planning to get me a new plant for Henry's garden, but got this instead.
- Our second angel was a gift from one of our grief group friends. She gave them out in honor of the first anniversary of her son's death.
What a beautiful place to remember your boy.
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I'm very struck by the red dahlia - so bright and vivid. What a beautiful garden, filled with memories.
ReplyDeleteThe red dahlias are striking. They are one of my favorite things in the garden this year. And I love too that they come from somebody who cares about Henry.
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