Posted on 04/20/2015 5:29:31 PM PDT by Daffynition
I’m praying for you.
There’s company that’s uses ashes [human or pet] to create a gemstone.
http://www.lifegem.com/secondary/whatisLG2006.aspx
From their ordering system...looks like they want approx cup of ashes.
Cost depends on the size of the carat you choose.
I know there's a local jewish cemetery where the bodies are buried in caskets that have an opening on the bottom so the body can touch the bare earth.
And something I did not know until a friend of the family who was Jewish died. Part of the burial is the mourners all throwing some dirty on the casket in the grave. Every other funeral I'd been to, that was done by the cemetery crew after the family and mourners had left.
Either freeze me and shoot me into space or let me grow a tree. I guess I won't care at that point :-)
I don’t know why my ashes couldn’t be molded with resin into a toilet seat and put in the Dallas Cheerleaders locker room.
But with my luck I would prolly wind up in one of the player’s stalls.
Both of my parents opted for direct cremation. No viewing, no casket, no embalming, no funeral home. Essentially, they collect the body, clean it, and cremate it in something barely sturdier than a cardboard box. I'm certain it cost less than $1000 for each of them.
Neither wanted a big deal funeral home ordeal with the expense and exhaustion the family endures. We had a heartfelt ceremony underneath an oak tree and buried their ashes in the family plot in a hole we dug ourselves with a posthole digger.
I've got to tell you... it's what I want when my day comes.
I've also recently read of something called "green" funerals, in which the body is wrapped in a burlap bag and buried without embalming or anything like that.
Yes, I have heard of that custom. I think it is wonderful. Seems natural and sensible.
When I lived in the M.E., I watched a Muslim funeral from afar. The body was wrapped in plain cloth, placed in a brightly decorated coffin and passed from shoulder to shoulder to the burial spot. The body was taken out of the coffin, placed in the ground and covered....coffin taken away empty.
My Turkish neighbor who spoke excellent English, later told me, b/c of the difficulty in finding wood, was the reason for the tradition in reusing the coffin.
I’ve been to Catholic burials where everyone is invited to throw some dirt on the casket. But that is not a universal tradition. I suppose a family could request it.
A la Hunter S. Thompson? Cool.
I read a story about a cremation....and the deceased had fireworks left in their pocket. Dunno what that proved, except to aggravate the crematory personnel.
**We believe we are the only company dedicated to ashes scattering by fireworks and Memorial space flights.**
Cool.
In my state, Connecticut, there is a mandatory 48 hour waiting period after death before a body can be cremated. Learned that when my father passed in 2007.
Most of his ashes were buried with my mother, but we had a small portion put in a small brass urn that me, Mr Kitty , and my four sons took to our place in Vermont and buried with a monument that the boys made out of stones on the property. It meant a great deal to all of us as my father was the father figure to the 3 oldest boys (I made a poor choice of first husband and my father helped raised the 3 oldest)and he always loved Vermont. We did this one what would have been my father’s 100th birthday (not that long after he passed).
We gave “Grandpa” a nice funeral when he passed, but this second, private ceremony had a lot more meaning for us.
“My ex-wife came up with what I thought was a marvelous idea: when you die you get cremated, but not at top temp, so there is more ash; the ash is then mixed with plaster of paris and made into a sculpture which can be made intoa lamp or stauary in a graden, or even mix with concrete to make a concrete bench.”
I think that is done in some of the various county parks out here on the coast. These benches are more along a resin basis versus concrete.
My wife and I have said use half of our ashesw in the same bench by the ocean and the other half to gether in our church’s columbarium to be in two of our favorite places.
May your fantasy be your reality!
Great ideas!
The term 'alive' has a few levels, from the cellular level to the organ level to the organism level to the consciousness level.
Personally, I'd like to skip the "cremated" part. It uses a lot of energy, and folks who live nearby have "issues" with the facility!
Thank you for writing. Great idea being part of a reef for the sea creatures to use. Thank you for calling my attention to the ‘problems’ with the cremation process. I can remember smelling the ‘smoke’ from the bio incinerator at the local hospital when I lived in Anniston, AL. IIRC, someone told me the chimney was not tall enough ... I have no idea on that one.
French perfumer bottles scent of dead loved ones
**A French company has come up with a novel way to keep people close to their departed loved ones: bottling their unique scent as a perfume.**
A bottle of Hoppes, is just fine.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.