The separate funerals for his parents were in the past, his mom having passed in 2017 and his dad following her in 2019, but Steve had no cemetery plot to visit. His family had opted for cremation following the loss of each parent. Like so many families making this choice, they had the cremation remains, but he felt like something was missing. Without a burial plot, where was the tangible place he could point to that could commemorate his parents’ lives?

Steve was lucky enough to have known Chris Nordin for a lifetime since they grew up attending the same family camp in Wixom, Michigan. Remembering that Chris is a glass artist, Steve approached him with a request to create something simple that incorporated a portion of the cremation remains of each of his parents in a way that