CremainsOne of the primary advantages of cremation is that families can take their time in organizing a proper memorial. With a traditional funeral and burial, the nature of the process means it must be completed quickly. Add grief on top of that, and it is clear why many people want something different for their death.
Once a person is cremated, their ashes are safe to handle and inert. Loved ones could theoretically spend years planning out the perfect memorial, though most families do it much sooner than that.
What can slow down the planning process is the variety of options available for honoring a loved one’s cremains. Some of those ideas are quite creative, so we’ve made a list of some of the most popular ways to honor a loved one’s memory.
There are many ways to honor someone’s ashes but storing them in a beautiful urn remains a favorite. And there are many urns to choose from, some designed to look like certain things or designed to be placed in certain areas.
An ornamental urn for the fireplace mantle still works. But what about an urn that looks like a book or an urn with a carved landscape on it? Matching an urn to the loved one’s interests or personality is a beautiful way to remember a beloved family member.
There are also special urns designed for burial, and even some for the environmentally-conscious that break down quickly in the soil. In fact, green urns often come with seeds for growing a tree or flowers. In this way, new life becomes part of the memorial.
If you do choose an urn to store your loved one’s cremains, they don’t have to be kept in a home. They can also be stored in a columbarium. Columbariums are typically located on cemetery grounds and are free-standing structures designed to house cremation urns.
Some columbariums are large enough to walk through and may include thousands of urn niches. Families also have the choice to secure a family niche, which is large enough to store multiple urns. Niches can be reserved for decades into the future, so future generations can be interred in the same spot.
By going with a columbarium, family members can visit their loved one the same way one would visit a grave. That means anyone can visit at any time.
Cremation jewelry is a popular keepsake option for a loved one’s cremains. Cremation ashes can be incorporated into rings, bracelets, pendants, earrings, and many other pieces
It’s not obvious when someone is wearing cremation jewelry, as these pieces are designed to look like any other piece of jewelry. This makes it a good option for people who want their loved one close by wherever they go.
Many people love the water so much that returning them to it just seems right. There are a few ways to do this, including:
Land, sea, and air – ashes can go just about anywhere. If your loved one was a big fan of the big sky, here are a few options to celebrate them:
If your loved one was more creatively inclined, that can be the focus for a memorial. Ashes can be incorporated into a variety of art pieces, including
Your loved one’s cremains can be mixed into the paint or pottery clay that is then used to make the art. As such, you can make the art yourself or have a talented artisan do it for you. In both cases, the final product is one that celebrates your loved one’s creativity.
As you can see, there is an incredible variety of ways to memorialize a loved one’s cremains. Whether they’re going on a mantle or to a distant galaxy,
cremation allows families to plan and execute the perfect memorial.
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