Designing cremation urns, I'm interested in ways of memorializing a loved one. “The New York Times” has a space below the obituaries for readers who want to express their feelings. One that tickled me was, “I know you’ll see this because you never let a...
[caption id="attachment_16052" align="alignnone" width="404"] urn collage[/caption] Finding the right cremation urn can be harder than selecting a birthday present, which inspired me to come up with a way of creating an urn you would choose to display in your home. And it's likely you're not familiar...
An inveterate shopper, buying things I don't need when I'm happy as well as when I'm down, I realized that shopping for an artistic urn is retail therapy. People in the throes of grief have told me, "I've been searching online endlessly and knew this...
As a designer of crematory urns, I have added reason to think about the grief as we remember those we lost. I hope that giving my clients the ability to participate in creating a customized urn on my site, www.personalized-urns.com, helps them emotionally. Families who...
Losing a spouse was not something I was thinking about. Single until the age of 38, for many years I worried about finding one. Four decades later, my fear is about something happening to my husband. Imagining either of us carrying on without the other...
Losing a pet, I appreciated how intense an experience that is. Staring at the remaining kibble, the leashes and her little red raincoat, I was devastated that our adorable Tibetan Terrier had died. According to an article published in the journal Society & Animals in 2002, the...
Some who don’t know I design customized cremation urns have asked me, “Would you rather be buried or cremated?” When I was younger, I was asked things like, “Where did you get that sweater?” or “Want to go for a drink?” But you reach an...
I don’t want to be buried in Jersey,” my husband quipped the first time I said we needed an exit plan. Though I’d always enjoyed Martin’s humor, I needed him to take this seriously. “Where would you like to be?” I asked. “Here,” he answered. “I plan...
Designing an urn for a baby who never lived was a challenge. My heart went out to the young woman who contacted me on my site, www.personalized-urns. com, shortly after her first child was stillborn. “I’m so glad I found you,” she said. “This is...
Before I designed personalized urns, I hadn’t realized that because the process is collaborative, I would feel a connection to each person’s lost loved one. Unlike other urn vendors, I function like a partner, collaborating with my client in remembering a loved one, whether we're...