To honor living Grandmothers and their late husbands at our wedding.?

My 2 grandmothers are widows and my fiance has one living grandmother who is also widowed. I would like to honor these wonderful ladies at our wedding. I was thinking special flowers. When can I give them to them? After ceremony? During reception?





Anything nicer then flowers that can be general for all 3 ladies there ages are spread out from mid 60's to late 80's

To honor living Grandmothers and their late husbands at our wedding.?
They definitely need to have the corsages, but I wouldn't do custom ones with certain colours to signify anything unless they coordinate with their dresses!





As far as the empty seats at the ceremony and at the reception that some have suggested... I'm sorry but that's just ghoulish!





These ladies are quite aware that their husbands are dead, and although I'm sure they are thrilled that you are getting married, each wedding they attend is already a reminder of what they have lost. Sitting next to an empty seat where their husband should be would be unnecessarily hurtful.





One thing that many widows really miss is dancing. If they are still active enough to do that, one thing that would make your wedding special would be to make sure that they get to! Perhaps you could have a special dance for the bridal couple, their parents, and the grandmothers could be escorted by a grandson or groomsman.





You're a very sweet person to think of someone other than yourself at your wedding! You're the total opposite of a Bridezilla and I'm sure you'll have a lifetime of happiness going into marriage with this attitude :) Your fiance is a lucky man!
Reply:The appropriate time to do this is when you would have them introduced at the dinner program, then you could make comments about them when you give your thankyous. And just a very nice, classy corsage for them would be great!
Reply:Are these ladies willing or able to take part in the ceremony? Perhaps a poetry reading , something like "Give all to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson while you and your new husband are signing the register . Coming from women as special as these women clearly are, the embodiment of the "In sickness and in health, till death us do part" section of the wedding vows, it would sound particularly beautiful and poignant. Get the minister to introduce the two ladies so your guests will know who they are and understand why they were chosen.
Reply:You can honor them during the ceremony and present them each with a rose or you can honor them during the reception with a song and talk about the impact that they have had on your lives.
Reply:My fiance and I are remembering our deceased grandparents and a close friend by having candle in the foyer of the church with frame next to it listing their names and a quote. Therefore everyone that passes by it will notice and read it. Sweet and simple.
Reply:Our families are being recognized in our thank-you speeches, the gifts are being given privately rather than in front of guests.





we are going to have seats set aside at the actual ceremony for the grandparents we've lost. Each chair is going to have a single white rose on the chair. Then each woman the morning of the wedding is going to receive a really nice bracelet with their birthstone, the birthstone of their children and husband and on the inside of the bracelet their wedding dates are engraved along with a private inscription for each of them.





Hope that helps.
Reply:How about corsages for each woman with the flower to represent the birth month of each of their husbands or a flower for the month of their marriage in the center of it. An explanation of the significance of the honor could be printed in the program.
Reply:Traditionally the grandmothers get a corsage to signify that THESE ARE THE GRANDMAS. Some brides choose to give them single roses or tiny bouquets since corsages can be bulky and interfere with their dresses.





I think that the tradition, though, is to honor family members who have passed on, not their widows. It might be nice to say something at the beginning of the ceremony (either you or whoever is marrying you) saying, "we would like to take a moment to remember our loved ones who could not be with us today in body, but who are always with us in spirit." Some couples will choose to leave empty seats with a flower on them to signify this, or to light a candle as a way of saying that the flame represents their spirit being in the room with you... it's all up to personal preference.
Reply:some weddings have a unity candle maybe you could give each lady a special candle for them to light one for their late husbands

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