07/13/2026
We lost our goldfish Goldie this weekend. 🐠 3 beautiful years together.
I know, she was “just a fish.” But my kid cried. I cried, and the whole house felt a little off.
And it reminded me of something bigger.
When someone we love loses someone they love, we panic. We want to show up. We want to hand them something that says: I see you. I’m so sorry. I love you.
So I put together 10 sympathy gifts that actually help:
🖤 A custom fingerprint keepsake: their loved one’s touch, kept close 🤍
🖤 A grief journal, given with a note on how to use it.
🖤A memory box: a home for the cards, notes, and small things that mean everything
🖤Preserved funeral flowers: the flowers that were at their service, preserved into something really beautiful Rae Chic Modern Floral Preservation
🖤A month of dinners: they may not have an appetite, but if they have a family, you are giving them something enormous by taking away the daily question of how everyone gets fed
🖤A thoughtful donation in their loved one’s name: a tree planted, with the coordinates to go find it one day 🌳 A Living Tribute
🖤Signs by Laura Lynne Jackson: the book that put my own broken heart back together Laura Lynne Jackson
🖤A photo book of photos they’ve never seen: new memories of someone they can’t make new memories with
🖤A gratitude journal: gently reminding them of what is still there and still good, alongside their grief
🖤The gift of a day, and their name: show up on the hard dates and say their person’s name out loud. It costs nothing and it’s already in your calendar 📆
Save this post. You’ll unfortunately need it one day. 🙏🏼
The full guide, with where to find each item, is on my website. Link in my bio.
LoveTalla