I'm a "daddy's girl" who misses her father more than words or synthetic jewelry could express. The idea of adorning my ears, wrists or any body part with his remains isn't quite appealing to me. But customers of a company that makes synthetic diamonds from ashes and a 19-year-old German woman who battled her 86-year-old granny in court have a different perspective.

Against her paternal grandmother's wishes, the daughter wanted to have her dad's remains taken to a Switzerland-based company, where extreme heat and pressure are applied to the ashes over a period of several months to create synthetic diamonds. Obviously, there is a market for this service just as there is one for pet owners who prefer mummification. Everyone copes with loss in their own way. I prefer to look at photos, share funny stories and occasionally visit the final resting place, which should be anywhere except for around my neck set in an 18-karat-gold pendant.