We scattered my father into the sea just off Bridlington in May of last year and no one told us of any restrictions. In August we scattered his mother into the sea at Shotley, where we had scattered her husband five years before. Again, no one told us of any restrictions. I have also asked that should anything happen to me, I am to go into the sea after cremation, although the problem there is the fact that I converted to Judaism and the wife might just bury me. People are becoming more and more creative with how they choose to memorialize themselves after death. As cremation becomes an ever more popular choice over burial for final arrangements, people now have more time and options than ever to create an interesting way to be remembered.

Timer’by Tony Harrison describes the death of a speaker’s mother and the attempt to cremate her wedding ring along with her body. Heavenly Stars Fireworks offers a variety of services for incorporating your loved one’s ashes into fireworks. They can help you arrange a special firework display and a happier alternative when saying goodbye to a loved one. A cremation hourglass urn is simply an hourglass filled with the ashes of a loved one after they have completed the cremation process. The hourglass urns come in many colors and sizes with various themes, like a nautical theme. Initials or short messages may be engraved on the hourglass as well. Lines seven and eight give the reasoning behind the father’s choice to put the ring into the incinerator along with his wife’s body. He saw it as an integral part of her, so much so that it would be necessary for the future when they “be together, “later”.’ It was to the father the “surety” that they’d find one another. This is further embodied by the word, “eternity” on the band. This is evidence of the mother/wife’s perspective, suggesting that she felt the same way. She would likely have wanted to keep the ring on as well. As green funerals and woodland burials continue to grow in popularity, you may wish to consider transforming your loved one’s ashes into a tree. By planting a biodegradable urn, you will be able to grow a tree using cremated remains; it’s the perfect way to say farewell to a loved one if they were passionate about the environment.People are talking a little bit more about it and TV programmes like Six Feet Under and Desperate Housewives means it's more in the minds of people." Gene Rodenberry, creator of Star Trek, finally "boldly went" when his cremated remains (or at least a portion) were blasted into space. And also “Scotty’s” ashes as well! These instances mimic the surprise of real-world events while the rhythmic and rhyming sections are more soothing. This applies most poignantly to the last stanza. In this part of the poem, the speaker meditates on the still active connection to his mother and her physical body. The mother in the story was cremated, but her spirit is still active, swirling around the ring in the narrator’s hand.

Some choose to have their ashes scattered in a specific spot. Others choose to tattoo the ashes into something meaningful. It’s even possible to become a part of what will be the world’s largest artificial reef through cremation. In this article, we will discuss the interesting choice to ditch the traditional cremation urn for an hourglass urn. The list goes on, but in truth the answer is if it's legal and what you want, why not? Everyday good funeral directors up and down the country go to great lengths to help the bereaved to achieve that something special - from New Orleans jazz bands, pipers, particular vehicles such as lorries, motorcycle sidecars The installation of the ashes into the hourglass is covered in an instruction manual that comes with it. There is no requirement to send in a certain amount of ashes to a company. This allows the family to decide how much of the ashes they want to add and whether they want to mix it with another kind or color of sand. This also opens the opportunity to mix the ashes of two people into the hourglass urn without any issue.The ashes are clearly visible through the glass, so the hourglass urn may not be the best choice of urn if the family is uncomfortable with the death or if seeing the actual ashes would cause distress. However, being able to see the ashes may also comfort friends and family as they can see that their loved one is with them. In the next two lines of ‘Timer,’the speaker notes that “your wedding ring” is now sitting inside an envelope. This makes clear why there was gold present during the process of cremation. One can assume that the deceased person asked to keep their ring on specifically or that it was at the request of a family member that it remained.