Something To Hold On To, keepsake Options

[Countrygirl]

I just have to share something:
I lost my BooBear after 8 short years..heartbreaking.
When I went to pick up his ashes the Vet had included three poems, Rainbow Bridge, I loved you best, and do not stand at my grave and weep. At first they made me cry like a baby but now an am so glad they did that. They had included a few more things and that is really what I want to pass on. They had kept some of his fur and had taken a pawprint in clay that I could bake when i got home. Now that his ashes are buried...I have the poems and the print to hold on to. They are called soft ClayPaw kits. I looked for them online after because when I am ready for a new furbaby one of the first things I plan on doing is taking a paw print so I know I will always have it. So if you have a pet that you know deep down inside you will lose soon it will be a something to hold onto..When I had BooBear creamated I did not expect any thing except a little box....I received sooo much more...I have posted the poems below, they were so nice to include.

Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain.
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am the morning hush.
I am the graceful rush
of beautiful birds in circling flight.
I am the star shine of the night.
I am the flowers that bloom.
I am in a quiet room.
I am the birds that sing.
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.


"I Loved You Best" - Poem
I Loved You Best
-Jim Willis 2002

So this is where we part, My Friend,
and you'll run on, around the bend,
gone from sight, but not from mind,
new pleasures there you'll surely find.

I will go on, I'll find the strength,
life measures quality, not its length.
One long embrace before you leave,
share one last look, before I grieve.

There are others, that much is true,
but they be they, and they aren't you.
And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,
will remember well all you've taught.

Your place I'll hold, you will be missed,
the fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.
And as you journey to your final rest,
take with you this...I loved you best.

[Foxysmummy]

I'm glad that your vet gave you some nice keepsakes. I have some of Foxy's and now Frank's fur, along with other stuff like their collars etc in a memory box.