 Natalie's Urn...
I know it's been quite some time since my little Natalie passed away.... and I wasn't sure where else to put this, but I just wanted to share for a second....
After Natalie rested... Jeanie (YorkieMom55) was SUCH a wonderful source of support for me.... Jeanie, you'll never know what your kindness meant to me during that sad time... In fact, SO MANY of you have been such a source of strength for me since I found YT.... We have experienced such an outpouring of love and kindness... it's unbelievable! And I thank you all, once again...
Jeanie and her husband Chuck designed and built a beautiful little "urn" to hold my Nattie's ashes.... The light wood is from an ash tree that grew in their yard and the dark wood is curly walnut that grew in Chuck's son's yard there in Michigan... I could feel the love and kindness that went into building this precious piece from the moment I touched it... and I have held it close to me ever since.... yet I haven't, until now, been able to decide on how to accent the box in Natalie's memory.
I thought I wanted a sweet little Yorkie figurine... searched for months and never was able to find just the "right one"... then I thought, a photo of Nat.... but I have so many of those, everywhere... I wanted something different to adorn her urn....
This is what finally touched me...... and how it turned out.... it's simple, not flashy or lavish... but it seems perfect to me... (the flower cameo on the front is of "Forget-Me-Not" flowers... I thought it fitting.) Tucked inside, is the tiny little floral container holding Natalie's ashes... her pink polk-a-dot jammies that she loved so much, made by Des - - a very special photo of she and I together... and her favorite teensy tiny little pink teddy bear that was given to her by one of the techs when she stayed in the OSU vet hospital...
Anyway, I just wanted to share and thank Jeanie and Chuck once more for sharing a special piece of themselves with me and my Natalie.... |