I had a quilt made from my husband's clothes. This was I felt close to him sleeping with him and covering me and protecting me and keeping me safe. It made me feel a sense of security during the hard days of the early grief process.

That is wonderful....I love both ideas. I have one of my husband's shirts that I thought of making a teddy bear out of. I love the thought of having it with me always. I hope this helps you both avm99 and pahatfi. God bless!

Hello to everyone,
I went to a meeting and teddy bears were one of the things one of the leaders of the group make as a token to help us to get through the hard times .I contemplated the idea of having one made for our daughters as well but...I felt it would make this transition harder for us because it's holding on to him in a way that isn't reality because it's not him and most of all we have to move forward with real life without him...They we're saying we could bring our bears with us everywhere we go and sleeping with them as well I find if I walk around with a bear all day and sleep with it at night...one could think I need to be getting help or worse have me committed for being unstable...Plz don't take my opinion out of text because I'm only thinking about my mindset...It's just so hard for me to deal with looking at my husbands picture everyday...let alone caring around apart of his clothing.I had a picture of him in the car and one day a got tired of crying every time I looked at him and took it down and put it in the glove compartment....needless to say,I don't cry every time I get in the car.Now this is just what works for me...so plz don't think ill of me,the bears may be a Blessing to many others but I know that it would be more than I could bare.God Bless