For someone who is still part of every day.

Some people choose the day the person was born. Others choose a day they shared: a wedding, the day a grandchild arrived, a holiday everyone still mentions. Some choose the day they died, and that is fine too. There is no rule.

From the date, a time and the place, we find the catalogued galaxy nearest the point that was directly overhead and frame its telescope photograph, quietly, with their name or a line of your own beneath it.

• Dad · always in the garden
• For Nan, who showed us the stars.
• Still here, in a way.

Take your time with the words. The proof shows them exactly as they will be printed, and nothing is made until you have checked it.

A memorial present is rarely right in the first days. Many people give it at the first birthday or anniversary without them, or when the family is clearing a house and someone wants one thing to keep. It can come from you alone, or from a group of friends.

Ask a close family member before choosing the day. Some families prefer the birth, which celebrates a life; others choose their wedding day. The day they died is chosen rarely.