Hi all! I've been watching all the hoopla about cremation, and just wanted to share something with you all. Its a personal thing, but one maybe some of you would rather consider. I recently lost the company of my very special little YokoOHNO!, without, as it turns out, the need for euthanisation. She passed quietly in my son's arms wrapped in the same blanket I'd held her in the previous long night. Twitched her whiskers, opened her eyes, heaved a BIG sigh and was gone. Now.. I've always thought the pawprints and the urns were a nice idea...until I thought this through. I've got six little ones in my house still, and the last thing I want is a row of little boxes or containers at some point! I chose, after making sure WHERE the "general cremation" remains ended up, to just have her little shell cremated, and rather than a box or urn.. I've decided to take two or three of the best pictures of her that I have, frame them in one from, buy an engraved little plaque with her name on it to put on the picture frame, and hang the picture in the "dooknook". Celebrating her life and looking at her sweet little face when she was at her best seems to me a lot sweeter than seeing a box of remains. This is just a personal "deal" guys, and I dont mean to sound callous, because believe me my heart is still heavy re: Yoko, but if you DO have a large business, a picture gallery as a memorial might be an idea for you too! Hugs and thanks to those who took the time to send such beautiful cards and thoughts my way. Hug 'em close because time is precious! DookDancer and Her Ferret Collective Barnum & Bailey, Kami and Clio, Finnegan and Sasha our little foster girl "Resistance is Futile" [Posted in FML issue 4488]