Loss & Bereavement

Many times throughout our lifetime we lose those people or pets who are so dear to us. Here at Natural Creations, we are no different than you. The grieving process is different for all of us, but the one thing that always is to be the same is that we have our loving memories. So when I lost my beloved Zachary, I just couldn't see myself looking at a box of ashes and pretending that that was him. That was very depressing to me. And Zachary was anything but depressing, if you know what I mean. So that was when we came up with the idea of our memorial cave candles. My belief was to take my favorite picture of him and seal it into a stone. Then I made an opening in the rock behind the picture where I could place either some of his ashes, his collar, a favorite toy or just something that always would remind me of him. This way whenever I looked at the picture, I knew that what was behind the picture was part of Zachary. So in my mind the picture became one with the personal item. So in essence the picture became Zachary again. Then by adding the final touch of a candle the piece was now complete. To me by lighting the candle, I feel like I am lighting the way for Zachary to find me when that day arrives that we will both be united again. The memorial cave candle really helped me through my grieving. It wasn't long after I had made this for Zachary, that I actually started to feel happy whenever I thought about him or even saw a picture of him. The Cave candle made me feel complete again. 

The memorial garden stone actually came about soon after the memorial cave candle. Zachary loved the outdoors, being the Lab that he was. And I really loved working in my flower beds when Zachary was out and about. Of course I would always get the occasional help from him. So I thought that it would only be appropriate that I create a Memorial Garden Stone to mark the area where Zachary was so willing to help me dig. So we developed a way to make the picture water tight and sealed it into the rock. I then left an area so that I could inscribe something that would bring deep meaning to our relationship. "My Best Friend". And I left a small area for a votive candle to light his way. As you see in the picture, we are still very happy together.

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