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Post by jmurray on Jul 30, 2014 11:40:47 GMT
I want my ashes mixed with the ashes of my previous pets. As to where we are scattered, I haven't given a lot of thought about that, but I'd prefer countryside to the ocean.
My DH on the other hand, has read you can now have your ashes shot out into space. And nerd that he is, he's decided that's what he wants. Either that, or a Jedi funeral pyre. Yeah, he's not going to make it easy on me so I better go first!
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Post by meowgal on Jul 30, 2014 16:12:57 GMT
I'm beginning to be a pro at this. I spread my Dad's ashes in the James River, as he always wanted to be put there and "flow to the ocean eventually"....my Mum wanted the same thing, so my brother and I spread her ashes last summer on the anniversary of my Dad's death. Then my brother died this year...I've not spread his yet, but plan on spreading them in at the same place I did Mum's last year and then I'm sending some back to Texas for his best friend to spread there. He always felt that was his home still. Oh, and this may seem a little weird, but my Mum had a small container (baby food jar size) of my Dad's ashes buried in the front yard. My brother put some stones on it in the shape of a cross so that Mum could look out her bedroom window each morning and say, "Good morning sweetheart"....so, when Mum died, we buried a small jar of hers next to his. I'm going to put a little of my brother's just between them. I feel as if my yard is a graveyard though!
BTW, while less expensive than burial, cremation isn't cheap. Both Mum and Brother were about $4k each to cremate. And I did the cheapo route too. Back in 2001, the same thing for Daddy was only $1800. Go figure. They said it was because of a bunch of government stuff concerning cremation that came about after the mix up in Illinois with the two girls.
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