Melissa Meadow
The Grave Surprise
Kermit accompanied me to dig my first pet client grave since opening our pet funeral home, The End Companion Care. After observing a years worth of human graves dug in the same area, I had psyched myself up for an easy task, as the client was relatively small and most definitely NOT human size. All the groundbreaking I've seen thus far out here has been comprised of wet beach sand, so imagine my suprise when I drove the shovel head into the green, mossy ground and hit what sounded and felt like concrete! Lo and behold, this area was a bed of discarded oyster shells.
I plowed ahead, placing each shovelful on a mat of cardboard to protect the existing ground cover. Once I dug the right amount, I went to a section of the yard that WAS actually sand and dug a secondary hole. I collected about 2 square feet of sand, and put an equal amount of shells into the new hole and covered it after crushing it down. The sand from this hole is needed as the final 2 inches of grave cover, especially considering the shells will not cover the same way soil or sand would, which is an important consideration in this case for proper burial.
Rather than leave the grave raw and rough, I filled the bed with rhododendron petals and leaves, and adorned the sides of the grave with additional wild spring flowers I collected on the way to the home.
My client doesn't use the internet, and was referred to me by a friend. She has asked that I share her texted accolades to express the impact we made 💐
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