Plan Your Ash Scattering - Top 5 Reasons
Any time is the right time to plan your burial at sea … except at the time of the burial. Why? Because there are clear advantages to planning ahead. Can you imagine planning a wedding in a couple of days?
When is the best time to plan your funeral?
Any time is the right time to plan your burial at sea … except at the time of the burial. Why? Because there are clear advantages to planning ahead. Can you imagine planning a wedding in a couple of days? Or any celebration for that matter? Why leave the ultimate celebration of your life to the last minute?
We believe that planning a burial at sea in advance is a wise thing to do. Find out why it makes sense, and learn how to conveniently plan your ocean scattering with our many private cruises.
At-Need vs. Pre-Need Funeral Planning
“At-Need” funeral arrangements are made at the time of death by surviving family members or friends on behalf of the deceased. Making ash scattering plans at the time of death are particularly difficult because there are usually time restraints and emotions play a large role because you are grieving. Not only is there much planning to do, there are also imminent financial concerns. Payment for scattering ceremonies are due and can be quite expensive, a considerable hardship for most families – see our discussion of funeral costs.
“Pre-Need” plans (also known as “Pre-planning”) are the funeral plans that people make for the living. Pre-Need funeral plans can be made at any time and offer many advantages. Here at Ocean Ashes we can help you pre-plan a ocean scattering for yourself, your spouse or a parent. Planning online is a convenient way to plan and it puts you in control of the process.
Top 5 Reasons to Preplan Your Funeral
If any of the following statements describes you, then you are probably someone who will appreciate the benefits of pre-planning.
You want to ease the burden on your family. If your wishes are unknown when you die, they will be faced with making difficult decisions at a trying time. Will they know where or how you want your cremains to be dispersed? Will they agree on what and where to spread them? Will they agree on how much to spend? Confusion and disagreements are common occurrences when there is no plan to follow. You can avoid this by leaving behind a plan.
You want to assume the financial responsibility for your ash scattering. Planning ahead enables you to make financial arrangements to cover your funeral costs. Even if you are leaving behind sufficient money, will your survivors be able to access it?
You want your family to have the benefit of a meaningful ceremony. A scattering is an important event for a grieving family. Psychologically, it provides a sense of closure and lets the healing process begin. Families benefit emotionally and socially by honoring the lives of their loved ones with a fitting ceremony and by giving them a proper send off. It is difficult to make the service the best it can be when planning it in a short amount of time.
You want your final wishes to be followed. If you have specific preferences for the disposition of your remains and the nature of your scattering services, you can clearly express them in your funeral plan. You may have a preference for the music and readings at your ash scattering. Whatever your wishes, they need to be set forth in your funeral plan.
You want to be self-reliant and have your affairs in order at the end of your life. Taking care of your funeral arrangements is a thoughtful and caring thing to do for your family. It is comforting to know that you have done all you can do to ease their burden. And you can be assured that they will appreciate that your caring for them continued after you are gone.
You are in control of your ash scattering plans and with the help of Ocean Ashes you’ll have all the information you need to take charge and have your ceremony done exactly as you would like it.
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5 Reasons for Cremation
These are five main reasons people choose cremation over traditional burials.
The Tradition of Cremation and Ocean Ash Scattering
- Cremation acts as an alternative to normal burial. The body is turned into ashes, which are usually disposed into the river or an ocean, or a place where they can be carried around the world.
- This is a centuries old human tradition, which dates back to 20,000 years or more and it is practiced all over the world.
- There are many different ways of disposing the ashes, but the most common method is scattering ashes into the ocean.
- If you don’t know much about cremation, let me tell you that there are many different reasons that make cremation better than a traditional burial. Below, we discuss a few reasons to choose cremation.
Top 5 Reasons that People Choose Cremation:
5. Cost: Although in such events, nobody really cares much about the cost, but still we have to admit that this is one of many advantages of cremation.
- Generally, it costs 3-4 times less, as compared to the normal form of burial because it excludes costs such as make-up, a viewing, embalming, and even a casket at a burial vault.
- I found a great burial cost calculator that really sheds light on just how expensive services can get, Burial Calculator .Since it’s an impersonal benefit, we have placed it at number 5.
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4. Flexibility: It’s easier to carry your loved one from one place to another.
- This is very useful if you live far away (assuming another city or country) and are required to return back to another city / country. As you may know, funerals require a lot of planning, but you don’t have to worry if the scattering event is decided for a later date, because you can hold the remains indefinitely.
- For a greater detail of just how difficult it can be to travel with a non cremated loved one you can find the full details from the U.S. department of state here.
3. General Space: As green space disappears there are challenges finding traditional burial plots especially in urban areas.
- The BBC recently published a great article detailing just how some countries are running out of space and I'll link to it here. bbc.com .
- Wouldn’t it be better to be cremated and plant a tree (with the dead one’s ashes) on that same area or scattering the ashes to the ocean and make them live forever in the planet’s ecosystem?
2. Less Traditional, More personal: Cremation is very different from a burial, not only for how it is performed, but because you can scatter the ashes according to the preference of your loved ones.
- Let’s say he/she enjoyed swimming, relaxing beside the beach, or any similar connection with water. In this case, you can scatter his ashes into the ocean, so he goes to the place where he enjoyed the most. This makes death much less about loss and more about celebrating their life.
Bringing peace and closure to a family:
- This is the biggest reason why so many people prefer cremation instead of burial. It’s sad, but actually the dead are kind of forgotten after a certain period of time.
- This time range differs from person to person and usually takes few months to years before you don’t feel so much absence in your life. It’s nothing bad, but that’s how the life works. Sure, you miss them from time to time, but it’s nothing like before. If you want them to be with you
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What To Do With Ashes | 20 Wonderful Ideas for Cremated Remains!!
After a cremation family members are left with the question of what to do with the ashes. During this time emotions are still running high and it's hard to choose a plan of action. Here at Ocean Ashes we have picked the five most common solutions that our customers use to honor their love one.
If you’ve lost a loved one and are looking for special ideas for scattering ashes or where to put ashes from a cremation this list is for you.
After a cremation family members are left with the question of what to do with the ashes...
During this time emotions are still running high and it's hard to choose a plan of action.
Here at Ocean Ashes we have picked the five most common solutions that our customers use to honor their love one.
The great news is that you don't have to choose only one or two of these, cremation provides enough ashes to incorporate all of them.
Even the great Roman Empire had a variety of ways they spread ashes.
ocean ash scattering is our top pick and most dynamic solution.
There is no greater force on earth than our ocean currents.
In the ocean our remains are physically and spiritually spread around the globe.
Combined with a beautiful scattering certificate to display there is no finer choice.
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Cremation jewelry is a great way to keep a piece of your loved one with you.
There are many great companies that will work closely with you on picking the right piece.
With just a tiny amount of ashes you can create many custom pieces for everyone in your family.
I am working with a wonderful artist to produce beautiful jewelry to honor your loved one. Please click here to view our necklaces.
Cremation Art is a relatively new memorial concept that is gaining more popularity...
Artists can incorporate the ashes into almost anything you can dream up. From lamps, vases, glassware, mirrors and oil paintings.
There are almost endless options to choose from. These are great family keepsakes that can be passed along from generation to generation.
This is a great example of such artwork artfulashes.com
Planting cremation ashes is a good way to memorialize a loved one...
It provides a physical place to go for friends and family to remember and also is a living, beautiful tribute.
There are many companies who specialize in urns designed to grow into a tree or plant.
Duke University has a program that combines ashes in their memorial garden.
If you plan on doing it on your own be sure to research the steps needed to make the planting a success, the ashes have a high ph and special steps must be taken. here is one such company www.thelivingurn.com
Teddy Bear Urns are becoming a popular choice and for good reason...
They are comforting, personalized and very huggable. These are great for someone who loves to snuggle up and remember.
You can choose from a wide variety of sizes and colors along with personalized messages.
I personally know of a family who ordered two of these after the loss of the family dog and their kids love them. Check them out here http://www.cami-bear.com/
While these are my top five choices the choices for after cremation ideas are only limited by your imagination. Please comment below if you have an idea that I left out.