Mon Ami, my confidant, my friend, my sweet heart, my strength, my protector,
has gone to doggie heaven~~~~and I miss him much more than I ever expected.
A dear friend sent me the following story~~~~
It brought me some peace in a troubling time~~~~
perhaps it will help someone else......
I don't know the author~~~
but I'm sure I would love them~~~~~
THERE ARE DOGS IN HEAVEN
There is a very special place where beloved pets go after they die. This is
only a temporary location. But there are trees and grass and lakes, and
everything they love. Here they can play, eat and sleep, even better than
they did, before they died. Now, there are no aches or worries or dangers
of any kind to trouble or threaten them. They only joy missing is their
beloved human companion, you.
All health is restored completely, and all injuries are healed. Dogs and
cats play with each other like youngsters, and they do not have time to feel
lonely for you. They miss you, and with the special wisdom that animals
have, they trust that this condition will get better. And they confidently
wait as they frolic.
A wonderful day will come for each of them, when in the middle of playing
they will suddenly feel something is different. And all their senses will
be at the height of excitement and exuberance. They will sniff the air and
look off in the distance where they recognize that dearly loved special
presence. Then they will call out in elation and with eyes shining and tail
going wild, tear off at a full gallop, almost flying over the green grass.
Your expected arrival has been sensed, and now there is nothing that can
keep the two of you apart, ever again. As you run toward each other, the
tears flow from your eyes. Your pet leaps into your arms, and you cling
together in a jubilant reunion. The joyous kisses are all over your face,
and you kiss back, just as ecstatically. Your hands so lovingly caress once
more the beloved fur, the head and neck and body you knew so will. And you
look into each others loving eyes, and all those old. Wonderful shared
feelings are back, again.
And then something will call the both of you on. To a different field of
warmth and nurture, where all the love you knew now comes to fruition. With
your per, you leave that special waiting area, walk into the main part of
heaven, and begin a new existence there, together. If you accept that pets
can love us as much as we do them, then the logic is clear and cannot be
denied. If you believe that there is a heaven for people, then they must be
there, waiting for us, when we cross over. Heaven is love, and pets always
share that with us.
