It started at a grave under a live oak, with twenty wind chimes singing at once. This is the story of why Love Chimes exists — and the engineer who told us to test it before we believed it.

Five chimes. About one word each. Five words to hold a whole life. How to choose them — from someone who lost her soul dog before Love Chimes existed, and never got the chance.

A memorial garden is one of the few places grief gets to be gentle. How to choose a memorial wind chime that belongs there — sound, materials, weather and placement.