06/22/2024
✨NEW REVIEW✨
I will continue to say it. We have the very best customers and I’m so blessed to have met each and every one. Once we meet, they become family no if ands or buts about it.
“For those of you that are reading my review for unfortunate reasons, I have just felt what you are preparing to experience or have just gone through. The appearance of what feels like never-ending pain due to the loss of unconditional love from a fur baby is one of the most miserable feelings you will have to endure in this life. I lost my Sherman a little over a week ago. He passed away on June 12th, which was the seventh anniversary of the day I adopted him; so, for us, that was his birthday. Right now, it looks as though the sadness will never ease, the crying won’t ever stop. As the days go on, you will have thoughts in your mind that will think "its time to go get him out to play," "its time to go give him food," or when you come home you are expecting to see his face sitting and waiting for your return; and those times are hard. But as their passing steps back into the shadows of history the pain will ease. The days will sometimes feel empty, but we can make it through them.
Prior to Sherman passing, I had decided when the time came, I couldn’t bury my baby in the ground. I couldn’t say I loved him then do that; therefore, the alternative would be to have him cremated. This is where Miss Mallory comes in. A quote that came to my mind when I chose Asheville Pet Cremations, (A.P.C.), came from our favorite TV neighbor, Mr. Rodgers. Mr. Rodger said,
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
The kind of people he is referring to is those like Mallory. I was concerned I would be dealing with an undertaker personality; like those who work at a funeral home. That kind of interaction don’t, and would not have worked for me, and fortunately that was not who came. I had never met her before in my life, but when Mallory came to pick up Sherman, she acted as though she had been a friend for years, even though she was dealing with someone who had been having a nuclear emotional meltdown that entire morning. She was patient, caring, respectful, accommodating, and most importantly, human.
Replacing a pet (even though Sherman was not a pet to me, he was my friend) with a urn won’t fill the hole that has been left in your heart, but it will help you heal as the days pass on. Something I do appreciate about Sherman’s urn is that is not manufactured, it is hand-crafted. There is no square edges, the carving is not symmetrical, and that’s what makes it perfect, because it is unique. One of kind, just like every pet is. I don’t know who made it, but what it means is that whoever made it made it special for my Sherman.
If you have lost, or are at the end, I cannot recommend Mallory and A.P.C. ENOUGH to carry out an honorable cremation for your baby. They are the helpers when you need help.”
