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MAGNUM'S SERVICE

The service was so nice. I received Magnums urn in the mail about 15 minutes before I was supposed to leave to head down to Long Island for his service. It is beautiful, the picture on the webpage does not do it justice, I was impressed with the company, paws2heaven.com. The doggie funeral room where his service was held was not large, but it was cute. Now picture this... I placed his urn, a big cherry wood box with a yellow lab figurine on top, in the middle of the alter, (not sure alter is right word for it but I'm sure you know what I mean) there was a pedestal on either side, I had an arrangement of flowers on each pedestal. I made a beautiful picture board with pictures from puppy- hood to now and I placed that behind the urn. I had a white candle with an angel on it on either side of the urn. My friend brought me the cutest yellow lab puppy figure laying on its back, and I put that up there near him. I had his collar laid out next to his urn. I had blown up a beautiful 8X10 picture of the one on the hay that you used and put that next to him. I had a copy of a few poems laying on the alter next to his urn. My girlfriend Lori read the Rainbow Bridge. I read the one that I wrote and my daughter's uncle read "The Last Battle," and it was beautiful. I played him the songs that I picked out in between readings. The minister came in and said some prayers, he kept forgetting Magnum's name and talked more about his deceased dogs, but that was ok.. I had your cards in a pretty basket next to the signature mat picture frame that everyone signed. I can't describe all the little details, but it was so pretty. Mag got a nice service. There were 20 people there. My friends and family brought their dogs...so Magnum had some doggie relatives there too. My husband got teary eyed when I read for Magnum because of course I was crying, so everyone showed emotion for Magnum and said nice things about him. I know it probably all sounds a bit crazy, and I am sure they thought me a bit off, but they all came, they all know how much I love this dog and they all loved him too. . My daughters dad and step mom bought 2 of the flower arrangements, one for one of the pedestals and also a standing arrangement, also her step mom who is also a friend really helped me out with getting the arrangements in order because I was planning from far away and she picked up the candles too. My daughters older sister, who lived with me for awhile as a little girl and lived with Magnum bought the flowers on the other pedestal. Everyone said it was a really nice ceremony. I feel good about that. At least that I know Magnum would have been proud of how many people loved him. Now I can just remember him and grieve for what I lost, now that I know I gave him a nice "celebration of his life." I cannot say the word good-bye. I came home and moved all my wedding things out of my curio cabinet and put all Magnum's things in there, my husband didn't mind, they are still on display but just not in there. :) I wanted all Mag's stuff in a safe place. I will miss him every day. I am so happy for the cards you made because everyone will have one now and think of him whenever they see it too. He can't be forgotten. You did such a fantastic job, everyone commented on them. I am going to sing your praises to anyone I know who loses a pet. Thank you so much Lulu, you really helped me. If I couldn't find those cards when I thought of it and placed it in the search engine, the service wouldn't have been complete, I would've felt so bad that I didn't find them. Thanks for being so quick to get in contact with me and hurrying with the order and laying out the extra postage. You were terrific! Thanks so much. Karlyn