I Need an Example of More than a Obituary to Give Me Ideas to Send Mom's Friends

We did something like this for my Dad when he passed away tragically in 2008. Most of his friends and family were all in New York as well since that's where he was born and raised. We put together small photo collages and when you turned it over, it read....

Some people come into our lives and then they quickly go; Others stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. Their memories will always linger and we are always with them on their journey through life. One thing is for certain....our memories of them have changed us and who we are forever.

I got a lot of compliments on what we sent out in memory of my Dad. A lot of Kleenex was used from what everyone reported back to me. Both happy tears and also sad. We took them on a small journey through special photos that touched each person in a special way. It made me feel so good to remember my Dad in such a profound way. I hope you can do the same.

My condolences about the passing of your mom. I know whatever you do will be wonderful and she would love it!

If you have a photo collage on the front why not something simple on the back like the basic stuff followed by, Remember when....

Then they can flip it over and remember their own story.

I am here in my mind writing this for you...think you are on a wonderful journey getting to know your mother better and better. And why not say something like that? Let them know on the wonderful journey called life she misses her friends from New York, and the lake -was close with dad and sounds like a wonderful mother.Don' t worry, each person that receives one will take off with their own memories. So sorry for your loss.

For my late Dad, we put a poem the back, that was something that he wrote in his journal before he died.

All the best....

Hi Kelly, I'm so sorry about your mom. I lost my mom in 2008 and hers was much the same situation. We were raised on Colorado but my dad's job was all over the US; they had lived from Seattle to Florida and everywhere in between. She had family in Texas and several friends, but her heart was always in Colorado. I wrote something special with a picture of her in 1961 and then in 2005 and put it in the Boulder Daily Camera as well as here in the Texas papers....I also included it in my Christmas letter that I write every year. Whatever you do, it will be wonderful. I don't know how to 'attach' something in this, so I'm going to send it to you in a private message - hope you get it all right.

God bless
C. carroll