Nina Shoen likes the idea of life (plant life) springing from death.
Shoen has a close friend who chose to have her remains made into compost. The process of those remains being broken down into soil that can be used to nurture plants and trees reminded Shoen of the grieving process.
She wants the same thing to be done with her body after she dies.
"I think what resonated with me is that it happens slowly," said Shoen, who works in the tech industry. "Almost like grief happens slowly, and we transform, slowly over time, from one thing to another."
Shoen first found out about human composting before it was even legal in her home state of Washington. She heard Katrina Spade talk about the process and "immediately connected with the idea."
