Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Special memorial brick

My maternal grandmother died in June of 2015 at age 93. Regular visitors might remember that I was close to her and spent many summers on her farm as a child. Grandma loved animals, especially cats and dogs, and always had pets on the farm.

After she died, I asked my mom what charity I could donate to in her memory. My mom was too distraught to make a suggestion, so I pondered it for a while.

The answer came to me a few weeks later--I purchased a brick for the walkway at Elmbrook Humane Society. They are a no-kill shelter, and where we adopted Ringo from.

The brick is finally installed. It is a comfort to know it is there, and that the funds helped an animal.


The memorial walkway.



10 comments:

Eastside Cats said...

A wonderful memorial! And I thought that my family had crazy names with Sobocinski and Tomaszeski!

Random Felines said...

a wonderful memorial...we know she would like it

Unknown said...

I love this idea! This will be long lasting and ever fresh memorial of your grandmother

Laila and Angel Minchie said...

What a nice memorial to your grandmother.

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

What a lovely way of remembering your grandmother

Anonymous said...

Dat's very nice.

Luv ya'

Dezi and Raena

The Island Cats said...

What a great way to honor your grandmother.

pilch92 said...

That was a wonderful thing to do in memory of your grandma. I am sure she is smiling in Heaven.

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

that is one of the most special and beautiful memorial gifts I have ever seen. Just wonderful (((hugs))) catchatwithcarenandcody

Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittens said...

What a lovely looking shelter. You should take some photos inside and show it off.

nice to see the brick in it's home.

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