Shadow's Ashes Are Home Options

[BOO]

She's home. As I walked up to our front door with the urn in my arms, I thought of how she used to scramble excitedly in her carrier as I approached the door. She always knew she was home. She'd wiff and sniff and poke her paws thru the carrier door as if to say "Hurry up Mom! Open the door! Lemme out!"

She's come home one last and final time.

When I went thru the arrangements with the assistant at the Emergency Animal Clinic, I knew I wanted her cremated privately, but I had no idea what I would do to lay her to rest. Putting her outside just doesn't seem right. She was an indoor kitty entirely. She *HATED* to be outside.

Has anyone just kept their urn and not scattered the ashes? As humans, our rituals always seem to revolve around returning our loved ones to the earth. I kinda feel like I am denying her that final step. But she hated to be outside...

I'll keep them for now, to touch and hold. I may change my mind in the future, but at least for now... she is home.

[JOANNE]

BOO, IAM GLAD SHADOW IS HOME. WHEN I GOT RAGGS ASHES THEY ARE IN AN URN AND I PUT SOME OF HIS FUR I HAD TAKEN THE DAY HE DIED AND IT IS IN THERE TOO. I DO NOT PLAN TO SPREAD HIS ASHES I WILL KEEP THEM IN MY BEDROOM WHERE I KISS THE URN AM AND PM. HE ALSO WAS AN INSIDE DOG BUT HE LIKE OUTSIDE TOO BUT I WANT THAT PART OF HIM AS LONG AS I LIVE. I WAS UPSET WHEN THEY CALLED ME TO PICK UP HIS ASHES BUT WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR I SAID BABY BOY YOU ARE GOING HOME AGAIN. NOT MUCH REPLACEMENT FOR THE WET KISSES AND WAGGING TALE AND FOLLOWING ME EVERY WHERE. SO NO I PLAN TO KEEP HIS ASHES. THEY ARE A COMFORT
RAGGS MOM JOANNE