Gathered to view the historic launch of the Vulcan Centaur V on Dec. 24 from Cape Canaveral, one set of spectators will be looking on in a different light. Perched at Spaceview Park in Titusville, they’ll be watching as the cremated remains of their loved ones take to the skies.
LifeGem is a company that extracts carbon from cremated human remains and transforms it into diamonds to remember loved ones. Handout/LifeGem via Getty ImagesDeath may be inevitable and universal, but the ways people deal with it most certainly are not. Whether doing Tibetan Buddhist sky burials, attending a graveside service dressed in black or putting one’s parents’ ashes in the sacred Ganges, each culture has its own ways to deal with death and mourning. Yet death rites around the world do sh
When Scout Frank lost her mother, she knew she needed to keep her close and hit upon the perfect solution when she found she could have her ashes tattooed into her skin.- Meaningful -
For Frank, the chance to etch a meaningful, and lasting memory on her skin, is very special.