From a young age, we are aware that death is an inevitable part of life. Yet if we lose someone who we know and are close with, we feel mournful and sorrowful, and rightly so. If we've spent a good deal of time with someone during our lives then it's only natural to miss them and to want to remember them when their gone.

Regardless of what relationship you had with the deceased person, if you were close then you will most likely want to remember them as well as possible, and a "memory box" is the perfect way to achieve this.

Memory boxes are most commonly used for the in the heartbreaking situation of a Mother having a stillbirth or a miscarriage. They are simply boxes that contain representations of how the deceased child was or would have been.

Some items that Memory boxes will typically contain are; clothes that would fit the child, a lock of hair, ink and pads for taking hand/finger prints, clay for taking hand/finger moulds, pictures and an information card containing details like the babys name and birth information.

This is not the only situation in which memory boxes are used. It is becoming more and more common for people to make them for themselves when they know that they are on their way out.

If a parent knows that they are on the way towards death, but they still have fairly young children, or if someone simply has many close relatives or friends and wants to be remembered, then a memory box would be a great thing to leave behind.

Items normally included in a memory box are things like photographs of the deceased with the recipients of the memory box, any trademark items, eg. if someone always wore the same watch, that would be included, and also fragrances are a good stimulant for the memory.

They are usually personalised with the deceased persons name written on the outside of the box and they will make amazing and emotionally stimulating keepsakes for anyone who has lost someone close to them, right up until the day they make theirs.