Granddad was always the heart and soul of any party – his irrepressible sense of fun and humour rubbed off on each of his three grandchildren. But every party ends some time and when Granddad died, we decided to commemorate his life by creating three sparkling diamond rings from his ashes for his grandchildren to wear. That way they can always be reminded of him and his wonderful advice: life is short, make the most of every moment.

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Gran loved to paint. She was really good and just as good with a camera, capturing the absolutely perfect expressions, moments and angles, perfectly, forever. She tried to teach her grandchildren but none were artistic in the slightest. So when gran passed on we made certain that her art would live forever in the family, creating rings with Gran’s delicate touch, forever inside, a sparkling memory to cherish, along with the comfort of knowing that she is with us forever.

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The kids remember dad’s irrepressible sense of fun, and they often recall when they were little, how he used to pretend that he was serving them champagne each time he poured them his ginger beer. Sparkling memories are so much tougher to bear when the magic stops. The whole family decided that when dad passed we’d want to wear his warm heart close to ours. A pendant on a chain, for each one of us, keeping us together – just as dad would want.

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Bert liked to tinker. Owning a hobby shop meant that his hobby was his work and his work, his hobby. When he wasn’t tending the store, he was making toys, games, models and other useful stuff with his grandsons. Bert’s two sons knew that even toymakers aren’t immortal and they made certain that when it was game over for Bert, he would like it to be game on for his grandsons. So Bert created 4 silver aeroplane pendants, each with a space to add his ashes in a sparkling diamond, mounted in the propeller.

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Suzi was always the apple of dad’s eye. Dad is like that. As his youngest granddaughter she was also the smallest and most caring. Dad loves underdogs. Losing Suzi to Leukaemia broke our hearts, but she stays alive, sparkling on dad’s hand, alive in his memory. Every day dad can look at a tiny diamond reminder and that way, Suzi will never really die.

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No one expected that Marjorie, a confirmed couch potato, would marry a physical education teacher. But Bert got her off the couch and up more mountains than a Sherpa. She became super fit. Bert always joked that one day Marjorie would have to carry him. But even the fit run out of steam and when Bert had walked his last, Marjorie made certain that her Bert would stay with her for the rest of her walk.
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It was gran’s dream to see her granddaughter Sue marry. In the end she missed it by a year to the day, but she was still there in spirit, sparkling on in the heart of two special diamonds – one for mum and one for Sue. All it took was a part of her ashes. The rest is history, a story that Gran will continue to make with her girls.

My husband Samuel’s chair at the top of the table was his throne, his psychologist’s couch and his crow’s nest, from where he helped us navigate with his wise words and wry observations. When we knew that Samuel’s chair would soon be empty we agreed that we’d like to wear a memory of Samuel on our hands, so that when we linked hands to say grace, our beloved Samuel would still be with us.

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Frank was a devoted husband and father and – after his accident, faithful news hound. Frank lived on news, read the news, listened to the news and shared the news. The news stopped on the day Frank died. The whole family suddenly lost their newsman – it was like our world stopped, along with Frank. Now we have to find out what’s happening for ourselves, and share the news with each other, but Frank is with me – with his keen eye twinkling in the heart of a living bond diamond.

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