For months now, Alexandra Lachini has been trying to reach Oprah Winfrey to pass on a gift she made for the talk show host after the death of her golden retriever Gracie last summer.
It's a "huggable urn," a stuffed animal with a zipper in the back and sealable plastic pouch inside in which the cremated remains of a pet or person can be kept and cuddled.
Lachini and friends made the "urn" and accompanying memorial quilt after Oprah's dog died last May after choking to death on a small ball.
Last week, Oprah lost another dog, her cocker spaniel Sophie, who died of kidney failure.
That's made Lachini, who sells the stuffed animal urns online, all the more determined to get the gift to the media mogul.
She left a comment on our original report, and called me to find out how to reach Oprah. I told her Oprah and I weren't that close, but I would put something on the blog in hopes that the message would get through.
Lachini got the idea for huggable urns after her father communicated with her from the dead -- but that's another story, and we'll tell it tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Oprah, if you see this, call Alexandra, or at least email her at contact@huggableurns.com.
(Photo courtesy of huggableurns.com)
