Mom's Special Gift from Dad

 I promised you one more "special" post

 and I want to show you my 

Greta Memorial Bead

from 

Sisu Beads

Greta and I shared a very strong bond
After losing her, I was desperate for some way 
to feel like she was still with me 
and I remembered reading about
 Sisu Beads Memorial Jewelry

several months ago at our friends 
Pooches Smooches 

Sisu Beads uses a very tiny amount of your loved ones ashes
 and creates a beautiful piece of jewelry.

from their web site

Sisu Beads memorial jewelry as a tangible way to stay connected.  Every Sisu Bead is hand sculpted with love.   The cremation ashes are hand mixed with the glaze and fired into the bead 

I showed this to my husband and he agreed
I needed a Greta Memorial bead

the ordering was easy -  I picked out the style of bead 
and the color I wanted right there on the website. 

Within a few days a package arrived with a gift box inside

Don't know why blogger insists to put these sideways

Inside was a collection kit and instructions.

The kit contained a small plastic envelope

 and a small spoon.

Only a very small amount of ash was needed 

(about the size of a watermelon seed)

any unused ash would be returned.

Everything was sealed and put in the prepaid priority mail envelope that was provided

They also encourage sending along a picture and to tell them something about your loved one. 

Off in the mail it went

 and two days later we received a personal email 

letting us know that our special package had arrived and they would take the very best care of our Greta

Four weeks later another gift package arrived

Along with a hand written note card

And inside the package was my very special

Greta Memorial Bead

pink of course

And not only that

 but also a box of note cards 

with Greta's picture on them

 This was not the picture I had sent to them by the way

They had taken the time to visit our blog 

and choose a picture from there!

I was so impressed with the personal and caring service

If you are ever thinking about something like this

I would highly recommend contacting

Gina & Julie 

at Sisu Beads

It was while I was waiting for my Sisu Bead to arrive

that a very dear friend 

sent us the beautiful little Greta Star

Now I have two precious ways 

to keep my girl close to my heart

love

the PugRanch Mom

We are The PugRanch Kids

Mr Bailey & Hazel