Yes, my late parent shares a birthday with my stillborn. I light candles.

Light a candle and meditate on her. Talk to family and friends about her.

Keep loving her!

I love the idea of a big tip to a service worker.

Sometimes. Favorite movies get watched, favorite food is cooked and sometimes I'll post a photo on insta.

Italy a ways back
Not ESY

Text chain and eat Italian (she loved our trip to Italy ESY back). Toast with a glass of wine and Stevie Nicks.

My siblings and I share favorite pics of her and funny stories on our text chain.

We buy cupcakes. She loved her birthday and it was the last time we saw her. So we get cupcakes to celebrate her.

Im sorry OP, the anniversaries are hard.

Get yourself a nice bouquet of flowers and remember her on this day.

My Vietnamese MIL, like many Asians, has a little home altar with photos of deceased relatives, including one of her sons, and on their special days, she makes offerings and burns incense.

My father was very nice to any and all service people doing their job. So on or around his birthday I leave a surprise big tip to a server, nail tech, etc.

If you live near where she is buried, then a trip to her gravesite might be nice. I usually try to have a Mass said at our church, too, for any deceased relatives. I like the idea of a PP to eat some of her favorite foods. Other thoughts, do something that she liked to do or play music that she liked to listen to. If you have a clothing item of hers or a piece of her jewelry, maybe wear that.

Hugs, OP.

No, but it happens to be my wedding anniversary so I celebrate that.

Eat their favorite foods.

We contribute to flowers at the altar on the week of the birthday at our church.

Today is my mom’s birthday. She died last year. I feel like I should do something but I don’t know what. What do you do to honor a your dead loved one on their birthday?