The classic burial, whether for relatives or pets, is no longer a matter of course. In search of the best place of remembrance, some bereaved become ever more inventive. What a comfort when you always have the deceased with you.
The classic burial is no longer a matter of course for many reasons. For some bereaved it is too expensive, for others not environmentally friendly or too ritualized. Thank goodness the market is finding a remedy and is offering more and more alternatives, as long as you agree to the cremation of the deceased. You can work the ash into a firework and let it burn up in the sky as a New Year’s Eve rocket. You can press them into diamonds and wear them as a ring, or they can be molded into an artificial coral and become part of a sea reef that provides new habitat for fish.
Or you can do it like Robyn Moscrop from Birmingham. The 27-year-old mum was heartbroken when Bronson, her 3-year-old bull terrier, died unexpectedly. as News24 reports. After he was cremated, an employee at the pet crematorium told Robyn that Bronson’s pet ashes could be mixed with ink and used as tattoo ink. As fate would have it, Robyn’s friend George was a tattoo artist himself. So it happened that George needled a wonderfully lifelike bull terrier portrait onto his girlfriend’s arm in eight hours of work.
“When I saw it, I was really touched, I cried,” said Robyn Moscrop Sun. Sometimes she even talks to the dog in her arms, and it’s like talking to Bronson himself. Is there anything better than having a departed person so literally become part of your own memory? It may only get better with the detail that the grieving Briton herself points out: “I can never lose it or embarrass it, it’s always there. He’s always with his mom now.”
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