The wedding is such a unique moment and there isn’t a way to replace loved ones that are no longer with us at your wedding. However, there are many heartfelt ways to include them in the celebration. Because it is a part of life. We still want to share this important day in our lives with them. From reserving a seat at the ceremony to including a photo on your bouquet, or your groom’s boutonniere, today we’ll share memorial tables with photos, signs, and candles. Check out these wedding memorial ideas and get inspired.
What Is A Memorial Table At A Wedding?
The memory table at a wedding is a tradition for remembering and paying tribute to loved ones who could not be present for the ceremony. It's a symbol of respect and love for those who have passed away. Whatever seems right to you and your relationship with your deceased loved one, whether it is displaying images throughout the ceremony, setting aside time for a minute of silence, or leaving a seat empty during the ceremony.
At the reception, it is common to set up a special wedding memorial table where guests can leave tokens of appreciation or special messages for a deceased loved one. Displaying photographs, poetry, loving memory wedding signs, and other mementos of loved ones on the wedding reception table is a touching way to honor them on your special day and express how much they mean to you.
Heartfelt Wedding Memorial Table Ideas
It's not always easy to come up with creative ideas for a wedding memorial, so we thought we'd help by providing some examples from real, happy couples. Read on for a number of touching and lovely ideas for memorializing departed loved ones on your wedding day and in your photographs forever.
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Wedding Memorial Quotes and Sayings To Honor Loved One
Consider using one of these beautiful memorial quotes or well-known sayings as you plan the best way to honor your loved ones on your wedding day. Pick one that speaks to you, or use them to spark ideas for your own heartfelt speech. Your selected quotation can then be used in a variety of wedding-related contexts, such as on a memorial table or placard, in the ceremony’s program, and elsewhere.
- “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” –Unknown
- “Gone yet not forgotten, although we are apart, Your spirit lives within me, Forever in my heart.” –Unknown
- “Life has to end. Love doesn’t.” –Mitch Albom
- “Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.” –Madeleine L’Engle
- “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” –Gandhi
- “Always in our thoughts, Forever in our hearts.”
- “Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.” –Mother Teresa
- “Your life was our blessing, and you shall never be forgotten.” –Unknown
- “What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
- “These candles burn in honor of those who are watching us today from heaven.”
- “A garden of beautiful memories, sprayed with a million tears.”
- “Although we cannot see you, we know you’re always here. Smiling down and watching over us, as we say “I do.”
- “Your life was our blessing, and you shall never be forgotten.” –Unknown
- “You left me with beautiful memories, your love is still my guide. And though I cannot see you, I know you’re by my side.”
- “Only a moment you stayed, but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts.” –Dorothy Ferguson
- “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” – Mitch Albom
- “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.” –Ernest Hemingway
Wedding Memorial Poems
Share your feelings with everyone about your departed loved one. Incorporate a heartfelt poem into the wedding program.
“There is No Light Without a Dawning
Helen Steiner Rice
No winter without a spring
And beyond the dark horizon
Our hearts will once more sing ….
For those who leave us for a while
Have only gone away
Out of a restless, care worn world
Into a brighter day”
“Never more will the wind
Hilda Doolittle
cherish you again,
never more will the rain.
Never more
shall we find you bright
in the snow and wind.
The snow is melted,
the snow is gone
and you are flown:
Like a bird out of our hand,
like a light out of our heart,
You are gone.”
“When tomorrow starts without me,
~David Romano
And I’m not there to see;
If the sun should rise
and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;
I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
And each time that you think of me,
I know you’ll miss me too
So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don’t think we’re far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I’m right here, in your heart.”
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
Conclusion
It is important to think about and include individuals who cannot attend the wedding while you make preparations. Making a wedding memorial table display to remember loved ones who have passed away is a touching and meaningful way to celebrate your big day. You may set up a memorial with a photograph of them in a frame, some candles, flowers, and a placard with a meaningful memorial quote. Find images of pleasant times, like your great-grandparents’ wedding, or just put up pictures that mean a lot to you. You may construct a memorial table in honor of a single person or a group of people, as well as separate tables for the bride’s and groom’s families.
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