Okay. My grandma (known affectionately as Mema) died last year and was obviously cremated, hence the title, and my granddad (Gramps) has her ashes. Now my auntie and Gramps both have had tattoos containing her ashes so clearly don’t mind divvying Mema up and although a tattoo with her ashes is not my cup of tea, I would like jewellery made with some.
Now we’re all blessed with a wonderfully dark sense of humour and have all somewhat recovered from the emotional trauma of losing her, but calling him up and saying “Hey Gramps, mind if I have a pinch of Mema for a necklace?” seems insensitive and I have NO clue how to make it sound better.
Any ideas before I re-traumatise half my family?
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Something like ‘Hey gramps, i was thinking about Mema and how you and aunt chose to remember her with tattoos. I wasn’t in a good state when it all happened but i’m in a better mindset now, i was wondering, if you felt okay with it, i could do something similar to what you and aunt did but with a necklace instead’ then perhaps explain the process of it, but i think you should also be prepared to get a no, as unlikely as that seems but just incase.
Send her off to be made into a diamond
If they’re cool with making tattoos out of her ashes (which sounds cool) then I don’t see why there’d be a problem with you wishing to make a piece of jewellery out of some. Your grandad might be delighted that you care enough to *want* a piece of jewellery made from her ashes.