Memory-Pebbles™

In addition to “Celebration Rice”, Memory-Pebbles™ may become a standard Method and Practice associated with GWRegistry™ (and churches we help become more open).  This is not a Multipoint-Scatter™, Natural-Placement™ or token Scatter technique.  It does not involve portions of human ashes.  This is a Memory practice that is encouraged for churches to enhance their Services of Remembrance.

 

What do we carry of a person that has passed… besides our Memories of that individual?  A small pebble can be a token of that Memory.  It can travel with us in our daily lives.  That pebble can come from a place our Remembered person lived or frequented often.  Maybe it was the sea shore where family vacations or gatherings occurred.  The pebbles there are washed with time to a luster found few other places.  Maybe they are from a gravel walkway at the family house.  Maybe they are from a Park or State Forrest that provided the tranquil settings in life we all hope for after passing.  The size and features of the pebble are not important.  The point a pebble becomes a memory is.

 

We suggest a plate of pebbles be offered in the reception line at a Church funeral.  This could be adopted by Funeral Homes as well.  The family provides the pebbles and the Story of the memory. Those Memory cards and a pebble can be taken by anyone.  They can leave their name and a mark (*) can be added to the book they signed earlier of their attendance.  The family can remember all those their Loved One “Touched” or “Carried” on. 

 

In turn, those that took a pebble can remember their friend as long as they carry it with them in their pocket or their heart.