Sweet Tear Jerker for Animal Lovers..

[gran2x2]

Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so, and she dictated these words:

Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to swim and play with balls. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help and I recognized her right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you. I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I'm easy to find. I am wherever there is love.

Love, God

[Sue]

Wow... that is super cool that someone would take the time to do all that.

[roadwarrior]

this is wonderful. 

The only time in my life I ever felt like beating the snot out of someone was when I was told "Dogs don't have souls."

Oh boy do they ever!  They feel joy, sadness, anger, love-every emotion humans feel and then some.  Dogs are a reflection of ourselves.

I can be gone 5 seconds or 10 hours.  My two dogs greet me with the happy circle dance, tails wagging, happy grunts, wet noses and tons of kisses for a good 10 minutes.  What do I get from my human family?  A grunt followed by "when's dinner?"

When I die, I want to go to the heaven dogs go to.  It's got to be a wonderful place.  I've cried more tears over the death of a dog than I have for any human death.

I'm sorry for the loss of a wonderful dog.

[C~M]

[CindyLouWho]

Wow Gran, that was a beautiful wonderful thing for someone to do & to know that there are truly still some loving caring people in this crazy world!!  Thats a memory that hopefully your daughter will always remember.  So sorry about your dog tho!   

[mycatownsme]

This was so nice and I loved reading it. Thanks for sharing. Lin