Abut a year ago
About a year ago I was told my dog was terminally ill. After a year of watching the little guy suffer from blindness I was told that he was in renal failure and was not going to last and that I would have to decide when to “put him to sleep” so he would not suffer. I was devestated. I remember crying like I hadnt cried in years. And despite all my beliefs in science and my buddhist efforts at “non attachment” and deeply held convictions of humanism and agnosticism…This one “cheesy” poem, of all things, cut me to the core and punched me in the solar plexus. I mean this is a hallmark card footprints lifetime network not without my daughter afterschool special kind of writing…But sometimes life suprises you and you realize that we are all just fragile beings that are just so needy. Anyway…I found it while online looking for a cure (and comiseration) for my dog’s illness…I kept on seeing these mentions of “the bridge”…Anyway I just want to share this with any who may have not seen it and perhaps it may mean something to ya.
“Just this side of Heaven is a place called The Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor, those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing, they miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. The bright eyes are intent, the eager body quivers. Suddenly they begin to break away from the group, flying over the green grass, their legs carrying them faster and faster. YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face, your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together…….”
