Thursday, August 7, 2014

Tucker tribute: Special treasures

We ordered an urn from Perfect Memories, and it was large enough to include a few small items in addition to his ashes. I chose three things:

The pink turtle toy was one of the first toys he had as a kitten. I kept it for no particular reason, and thought of it recently as an item from his early life. The pink yarn ball, given to us by our friend Amy, was his absolute favorite toy for a number of years. He'd carry it around the house, caterwauling or bringing it into bed. (We had him cremated with his second-favorite yarn ball.) The birthday boy medallion was given to us by our friend Connie for this 16th birthday.

I wrapped these in a special handkerchief and put them inside the urn.

We also ordered a paw print from the pet cemetery:

There are tiny bits of his fur in the clay. I will treasure this.

13 comments:

Marg said...

That is a great tribute to Tucker. I love the paw print deal. I have a bunch of those from my cats that have gone to the bridge.We know you miss that Tucker.

The Rosie Bee said...

These are such special items. I'm glad you have them. They are a wonderful tribute for dear Tucker.

Anonymous said...

Sniff, sniff - tears - nope, not me.

This is terribly sweet.

ANGEL ABBYGRACE said...

That is really really lovely.

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

What lovely tributes - the paw print is a treasure.

Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures said...

Oh, these little things are so precious. We have a clay paw print from our Ernie, they're so special.

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

(((hugs))) the items I have when Bobo passed bring me much comfort, I am sure that these will do the same for you.

Laila and Angel Minchie said...

Beautiful tributes for such an amazing mancat.

Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittens said...

such lovely trinkets that bring back such vivid memories..

Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittens said...

lol.. me too amyjtoo

pilch92 said...

That is a nice idea to include some toys in the urn. And I love the cat hair in the clay, what a truly special item.

Roberta said...

Those truly are such treasured items to include in Tucker's special urn and you can still hold him close to your heart.

Saku said...

Very lovely tribute to your special boy Tucker.

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