Archive for January, 2009

30 Jan

Our Pets- Make a Memory Now

I am creating a new urn for Harvey Mushman. His wonderful mom sent me an adorable video (below), and it got me thinking. Almost all of us have some form of taping mechanism, even in our phones. Why not take a few minutes and just record your dog or cat. They don’t need to be [...]

26 Jan

Celebrate Life

I had my work repurposed last night in the most beautiful, wonderful way. I was held up by the definition that I worked with ‘death’, with ‘loss’. And last night I found out that it wasn’t true.
I celebrate life. I celebrate joy. And I celebrate love.
This is what my work is for. Why I create [...]

23 Jan

A Custom Pet Urn for Bear

I just wanted to share this urn, as I really enjoyed creating it. It was for a dog named Bear. Adorable little boy who loved to sleep on the couch. It was a wonderful opportunity to create something very custom for someone, and allow my creativity to come out at the same time.

22 Jan

Dark Days and Losing Our Pets

Darkness. What is outside matches what is inside. Our hearts go dark with loss.
Empty. Cavernous. Hollow.
Hard to see the light, we just want to mourn our darkness. Sometimes it is warm in that place. No one else understands how we feel and so we find safety from being wrapped in the blanket of darkness.
Let it [...]

14 Jan

Blessings

I am counting them today. In this rough economic time we can lose sight of what we have. There is so much horrible news out there every minute of every hour. It seems like if you just hit the refresh button on the news site, something new comes up. but there is so much good [...]

07 Jan

How to Give a Mama Hug to your Dog or Cat (yes, it can be a Papa Hug!)

Note: this can be done with a pet your have. If your angel is gone, sit down on a chair, close your eyes, and just feel the steps below. It will help…
1.) Make sure/visualize that your dog is in a sitting position.
2.) Squat down and get in real close on either the left or right [...]

02 Jan

Healing the Mind, Spirit, Heart, after the death of a Pet

We forget, or we ignore, the stress that loss puts on us. Our hearts, our minds, and our spirits have taken a hard hit, and there will be a bruise left where that pain struck. We may not be able to see it, but we can definitely feel it.
This bruise needs healing. In the literal [...]