Pet Cemetery

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I went to the pet cemetary to pick up Baron's ashes. S.O.P.H.I.E. is a place of seeming contradictions: on the surface, they seem like capitalist excess personified; deeper down, they serve a need for people who have suffered a great loss. Very reputable, very respectful-- SOPHIE is known for performing single animal cremations. They will cater to the needs of their customers: if you want multiple animals cremated at once, they will accommodate; if you don't want the remains ground, they will do as you ask.

Their showroom looks like the showroom of a mortuary -- but the urns and coffins are heart-breakingly small . The most touching coffin is literally a simple pine box -- like the kind a kid might make. Very sad.



This time I went to go take a picture of my favorite memorial (see pic above). On the way, I wandered through the park looking at some of the gravestones. Honestly, you don't know whether to laugh or cry: some memorials say so much about the pet and the owner. Some say too much. Still, I thought I'd share some.

All kinds of animals are buried here.

Some messages are simple.

Others bring a lump to your throat.

Some rip your heart out.

Most just tell of a family's love for a pet.

This one made me laugh -and- cry: "thick kitty"!

Cute picture, born on Christmas!

A sad, short time together.

If you've lost a pet recently, even a simple message like this can turn you to a maudlin, mushy pile.

...and then there were these:
The flowery...
A very few eulogies were long and elaborate. (that's a LOT of carving!)

The clinical...
And then there was this one. My god! Talk about guilt and unresolved issues!

Of course, they have the Rainbow Bridge poem near the entrance.

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