It’s easy to make a thumbprint, and oh the things you can do - tattoos, necklaces, artwork, ornaments, gravemarkers, garden stones, bench plaques, embroidery. As many possibilites as your imagination.

Gather friends and family around for some storytelling. “Remember that time when . . . ?” All it takes is a phone with a record button. Story Corps has some great tips on conversation starters, and you can even send your audio to the library of congress!

Write a letter to loved one, before or after death. Or the one at end of life can write letters, to be read before, or after, their death. It’s a whole beautiful thing. The Stanford Letter Project has done some great work on this.