Parting Stone

05/29/2026

He spent years teaching them the perfect wrist flick. The right stone. The right angle. When the time came, they knew exactly what to do. However you choose to carry them forward, Parting Stone makes it possible.

05/27/2026

When families hear about Parting Stone for the first time, most assume we work like memorial jewelry or keepsakes. A teaspoon, a small portion, something to wear around your neck.

We're not a keepsake. We're a service, just like cremation itself.

Parting Stone transforms 100% of the cremated remains into solid stones. Every stone you receive came entirely from your loved one.

Nothing held back. All of them yours.

05/25/2026

She brought him with her to visit. Two veterans. One laid to rest here. One still carried everywhere she goes. This Memorial Day, Parting Stone honors every veteran and every family who keeps their person close long after goodbye.💜

05/22/2026

This weekend we pause to remember those who gave everything.
To the families who carry them forward — we see you. We honor them with you. 🤍

05/22/2026

Ashes are what happens by default. Stones are what happens when you know you have another option. Do you know someone who needs to hear this? Share this post.

05/19/2026

Okay so we may have gotten a little carried away with the copy/paste tool. But hear us out. Parting Stone goes everywhere your loved one loved. The beach. The forest. Stonehenge (obviously). Your favorite houseplant. Even your wedding day. Because they should still get to be part of it. Poorly photoshopped or not. Where would you bring yours? 👇

05/15/2026

Today is International Family Day, and we've been thinking about what family really means.

Family is the people who shaped us. The ones whose voices we still hear, whose habits we somehow inherited, whose absence leaves a space nothing else quite fills.

Rebecca Merrigan of Coeur d'Alene lost her mother to Alzheimer's after a long and heartbreaking decline. After her mother passed, she had Parting Stone create around 20 small smooth stones from her ashes. She takes at least one with her everywhere she goes.

"I have one in a little pouch that is in my backpack. It is a comfort knowing it's there."

Her mother was an avid outdoorswoman who loved to hike and connect with nature. Rebecca has continued that connection by leaving stones in places she thinks her mother would have loved, from mountain tops to rivers to the desert outside Tucson.

"If I find a cool spot that I connect with, I will leave her behind somewhere so that a little piece of her is there."

She also sent stones to her brother, sister and aunt so each of them could honor her in their own way.

"Anytime I am missing her or wishing she was there and could talk to her, I can grab one of those stones and say whatever I was wanting to say to her if she was there."
That is what family means to us at Parting Stone. Not a memory on a shelf. A presence you carry with you.

If you have been thinking about how to honor someone you love, our own Nicole is here to help. Visit partingstone.com to book a free consultation and talk through what feels right for your family. 🤍

Happy International Family Day.

05/15/2026

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05/15/2026

"You are holding them close and letting go at the same time."

When David Bailey lost both of his parents, he wasn't sure what to do with their ashes. A friend in the funeral industry told him about Parting Stone. In 2022, he combined his parents' remains and turned them into stones.

Since then, he has carried them to the fishing village in Montreal where his father grew up, the naval docks in Halifax where his parents first met, a World War II memorial where he tucked a stone behind the wings of an angel statue, and all the way to Belgium to honor his grandfather's fellow soldiers.

Next up: Scotland, where his mother's ancestors are from.

"There is something about holding a stone. It is grounding, tactile. You can't take a pile of ashes and put your hand in and go 'Hey Mom.' But you can take a stone like this and tuck it into your pocket and take it with you."

David, thank you for sharing your parents' story with the world. We are so honored to be part of it. 🤍

After the deaths of both his parents, a man decided that instead of spreading their cremated ashes, he would turn their remains into pebbles to scatter around the globe.

02/11/2026

Sometimes the rituals that matter most feel just out of reach.

Families told us they wanted to scatter, to travel with their loved one, to create meaningful ceremonies—but traditional ashes made it complicated. The wind. The worry about spills. The texture that felt hard to connect with.

As Jennifer shares: her dad didn't want jewelry. He wanted something tactile. Something he could hold in his pocket when he missed his mother. Something that felt right.

That's why we created solidified remains, an alternative that makes the rituals you envision actually possible. Beautiful stones you can hold, place, divide, or carry without the concerns that hold families back.

Because your connection with someone you love shouldn't come with complications.
Have you ever felt held back from a memorial ritual you wanted? We'd love to hear your story.