monday, karen and i visited the funeral home (keohane's) that we used for braden's service. like christopher columbus (it being columbus day and all, i figured i'd work him into the post), we made a happy discovery.
in my quest for a bracelet to remmeber my son (braden), both karen and i wondered about the possibility of acquiring the scanned image that keohane's took of braden. keohane's had scanned braden's footprints when he passed. they attempted to get his handprints as well, but braden's hands were too small (like the rest of him).
anyway, keohane's was kind enough to print out braden's footprints for us. as well, they even offered to send us the scanned image electronically. karen and i were quite excited about receiving the scanned image because we were not sure if they would offer it to us or not. it was nice to finally get some good news.
while we were at keohane's, we also got to view some of the sample jewelry that keohane's offered as a service. keohane's offers a service whereby they send scanned images (like a handprint or footprint) to another company called thumbies. from there, thumbies can create things like charms, rings, key fobs (i think that word is funny), tie tacks, etc. using the scanned image.
keohane's had earlier given us the website url so that we could see what thumbies offered. viewing the image on the website, however, is different from seeing them in person. hence, that was why we visited keohane's... to actually see samples of the items that thumbies can create.
needless to say, it was nice to see the charm. the charm definitely looked better at keohane's than it did on the website. in fact, i think i may simply have a charm created to remember braden as opposed to a bracelet. yes... i still suck at searching for a bracelet.
i currently wear a charm that my parents gave me. it has a tiger engraved on one side, with a chinese character on the other side. the chinese character is "fook", which means fortune/happy/lucky. (i sometimes wonder why i still wear the charm, because the chinese character has not exactly brought me any fortune, happiness, or luckiness the past month or so...) i will probably just attach braden's charm in addition to the existing one i have.
anyway, it was nice to see the sample jewelry offered by thumbies and keohane's. plus, it was good to know that keohane's will be sending the scanned image electronically to us via email. it definitely made it a good columbus day. throw in the fact that karen and i had dinner at her parents afterwards... and it definitely made monday a good day.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
I Suck At Searching For A Bracelet
if there is one thing that my son (braden) has taught me, it's that nothing ever seems to go according to plan. that definitely is the case because i suck at searching for a bracelet.
when braden passed, i had been wearing the medical bracelet that was put on my wrist when karen gave birth to braden. unfortunately, that medical bracelet snapped the other day. thus, began my search to replace the bracelet and continue honoring my son.
my original plan was to have a bracelet with braden's name and hand print on it. that way, it would be like i was holding my son's hand forever... something that i currently will never be able to do. i had figured that i could use the scanned image of braden's hand because when we met with the funeral service, the funeral service had mentioned that they would scan the hands and feet of braden.
as it turns out, the funeral service could not scan braden's hand. braden's hand was just too small like the rest of him. luckily, his feet were able to be scanned.
anyway, i obviously had to come up with another option. so i began my quest to find something to honor my son... before i seriously think about getting a tattoo as suggested by my friends (jen and kerry).
karen and i began by searching the store "things remembered". unfortunately, the store didn't have anything that caught my eye. plus, they would only engrave text and a select number of items... nothing like a scanned image of braden.
from there, we decided to check out the jewelry stores. as it turned out, we were directed by one of sales associates to the jewelry store next door because they knew that there was a sales associate there who had recently had a picture of her son engraved on a necklace. they thought she would be more than happy to help us. the only problem... this sales associate with the engraved picture of her son did not start work until later.
so karen and i killed some time and returned to speak with the sales associate. it was a very touching encounter. the sales associate (donna) lost her son of 23 years. to honor him, she had a necklace created with his image on it. she also has a tattoo of him on her back. i think what was most touching was that she told us that "it will get better"... to which i started to tear. donna even gave us both hugs. that must have looked odd... karen and i in tears, being hugged by a sales associate in a jewelry store.
needless to say, whether i use the store that donna recommended to get a picture engraved of braden or not, i am thankful that i got to meet donna. it is situations like these that make me think about how we are all amazingly connected. it's a nice feeling.
when braden passed, i had been wearing the medical bracelet that was put on my wrist when karen gave birth to braden. unfortunately, that medical bracelet snapped the other day. thus, began my search to replace the bracelet and continue honoring my son.
my original plan was to have a bracelet with braden's name and hand print on it. that way, it would be like i was holding my son's hand forever... something that i currently will never be able to do. i had figured that i could use the scanned image of braden's hand because when we met with the funeral service, the funeral service had mentioned that they would scan the hands and feet of braden.
as it turns out, the funeral service could not scan braden's hand. braden's hand was just too small like the rest of him. luckily, his feet were able to be scanned.
anyway, i obviously had to come up with another option. so i began my quest to find something to honor my son... before i seriously think about getting a tattoo as suggested by my friends (jen and kerry).
karen and i began by searching the store "things remembered". unfortunately, the store didn't have anything that caught my eye. plus, they would only engrave text and a select number of items... nothing like a scanned image of braden.
from there, we decided to check out the jewelry stores. as it turned out, we were directed by one of sales associates to the jewelry store next door because they knew that there was a sales associate there who had recently had a picture of her son engraved on a necklace. they thought she would be more than happy to help us. the only problem... this sales associate with the engraved picture of her son did not start work until later.
so karen and i killed some time and returned to speak with the sales associate. it was a very touching encounter. the sales associate (donna) lost her son of 23 years. to honor him, she had a necklace created with his image on it. she also has a tattoo of him on her back. i think what was most touching was that she told us that "it will get better"... to which i started to tear. donna even gave us both hugs. that must have looked odd... karen and i in tears, being hugged by a sales associate in a jewelry store.
needless to say, whether i use the store that donna recommended to get a picture engraved of braden or not, i am thankful that i got to meet donna. it is situations like these that make me think about how we are all amazingly connected. it's a nice feeling.
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