Blogspam: "Huggable Urns"

[sigma7]

Wherever she goes -- to a restaurant, to visit family and friends, or to court where her husband faces a murder trial in August -- Lori Lemons takes her dead daughter with her.

...Lemons chose a 14-inch-tall, plush white teddy bear from Huggable Urns. With a zipper in the back and a sturdy, plastic-lined velvet pouch inside, it is designed to hold the ashes of a loved one or cherished pet.

"My son has taken naps with her, and I dress her up for the holidays like she's still part of the family -- she's just in a bear form," Lemons said.

Sorry for the post frequency, but how can you not share a story like this?

Comments

[jkgriffin.livejournal.com]

I like your blogspam. And you are right, that was just crying to be posted.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

And when the bear gets tattered and worn out, it will be incinerated and the ashes placed in a plush bunny....

[gloomchen.livejournal.com]

You know, I would put my cat's ashes in something like that, and leave it on the shelf. The rest is... unsettling.

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

That is just creepy. And possibly way unsanitary I would think. Dead people ashes in restaurants is just... eww.

That rates right up there with freeze-dried dogs kept in the living room.

And I shudder to think of how much therapy the little boy who sleeps with his dead sister's ashes is going to need in a few short years.

I have less problem with the fact that the ashes are in a teddy bear then with what the mother does with the bear.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I don't mind them cremating their family members. And sure, I like the idea of a more friendly alternative to the cold and harsh urn. But...at some point, you need to let go. Observe, reflect, move on. This is failing to do that. This strikes me as clinging to the past in a possibly psychotic way.

But, y'know, not in her shoes, so I can't really judge her. Just don't think it's something I'd do.

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

Cremation is very good option in the death of a loved one. Urn or beautiful decorative box on the mantle is completely acceptable. Even a Huggable Urn put on a shelf to be brought down and cuddled when Mom or brother or someone is feeling reflective and just wants to connect.

But carrying little baby girl around and dressing her up and allowing little brother to develop what sounds like it could easily become an unhealthy attachment to the toy/memorial is what really, really not on.

I know people deal with their grief differently, but I think this woman needs some help.