Picked Up Her Ashes Today Options

[samhaincat]

I don't know how many of you have ever had a pet cremated but today was the second time (the last time 2 years ago) that I had to go into the vets office and pick up a little box containing the ashes of the little body that I loved so much.
I managed to keep it together till I got home.
Spicey died exactly one month ago today and I miss her so much. I am grateful she went peacefully in her sleep but I wish I could hold her little purring furry self just one more time and hug her and kiss her and let her know how much I love her. When I opened the box in amongst her ashes I found the little heart that a dear friend of mine had given all three of my cats and which had been attached to her collar, it read purrfect kitty. It was burned black and tarnished but had somehow withstood being melted. When Zody had been cremated his little gold heart had melted and I painted what was left of it bronze like his eyes and have kept it ever since. I will keep Spicey's little gold heart also. I will spread her ashes on Thanksgiving as a tribute to her and a way of letting her know how thankful I am that she was part of my life for 16 years.

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[loneredhorse]

I had my dog Jack cremated 1 1/2 weeks ago. The place that did it gave him back to me in a beautiful cedar box. I have not been able to even open it. I can't really look at his pictures on my computer either. He was only 7. I have 2 older dogs, but Jack was my baby boy. He got cancer 2 years ago and survived it but the chemo messed up his heart and it caught up with him this summer. I gave up my vacation in August to stay at home with him. Vacations will come again next summer. Jack won't. His heart deteriorated over a period of 2 months. I don't think he was in pain, he just got weaker. The last 2 days was over labor day weekend and we just sat on the floor together and watched old movies. I held him when he needed to go out. I knew if he had lasted till Tues I would have had to make a decision I didn't want to make. But Sunday in my arms, he just stopped. It's torn my heart out. I'm wearing his little tag from his collar. He was always a scardy and I couldn't bear to leave him in the ground alone. He's on my nighttable. I swore to him, I would always be with him. I'm having a will made up that when I go, I'll be cremated and dropped from a plane with all my pets and we will always be together. I have had a cat that was amazing and he passed in 1983. He is in my closet still and will be with me as well. May you find some peace that you did have that kind of love. Some people will never get it. This website provides us with a great place to be among our own kind. Maddy