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Our experience with the death of
our pet and how it affected our young son can be
found here:
RAINBOW BRIDGE
(Author Unknown)
Just this side of Heaven is a
place called 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, water and
sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who have 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 each 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 . His bright eyes are intent. His
eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from
the group, flying over the green grass, his legs
carrying him 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.
Mr.
Bigglesworth
Born 2004
Crossed the Rainbow Bridge May,
2006
Rocket
Born 2004
Crossed the Rainbow Bridge April,
2005
Benny the
Bunny
Born 2003
Crossed the Rainbow Bridge
January, 2005
The Final Rescue
(Author Unknown)
Unlike most days at the Rainbow
Bridge, this day dawned cold and gray, damp as a
swamp and as dismal as could be imagined. All of the
recent arrivals had no idea what to think as they
had never experienced a day like this before. But
the animals who had been waiting for their beloved
people knew exactly what was going on and started to
gather at the pathway leading to the bridge to
watch.
It wasn’t long before an elderly
animal came into view. Head hung low and tail
dragging. The other animals, the ones who had been
there for a while, knew what his story was right
away, for they had seen this happen far too often.
He approached slowly, obviously in
great emotional pain, but with no sign of injury or
illness. Unlike all of the other animals waiting at
the bridge, this animal had not been restored to
youth and made healthy and vigorous again. As he
walked toward the bridge, he watched all of the
other animals watching him. He knew he was out of
place here and the sooner he could cross over, the
happier he would be. But, alas, as he approached the
bridge, his way was barred by the appearance of an
angel who apologized, but told him that he would not
be able to pass over the rainbow bridge. Only those
animals who were with their people could pass over
the rainbow bridge. With no place else to turn to,
the elderly animal turned towards the fields before
the bridge and saw a group of other animals like
himself, also elderly and infirm. They weren’t
playing, but rather simply lying on the green grass,
forlornly staring out at the pathway leading to the
bridge. And so, he took his place among them,
watching the pathway and waiting.
One of the newest animals at the
bridge didn’t understand what he had just
witnessed and asked one of the animals that had been
there for a while to explain it to him. You see,
that poor animal was a rescue. He was turned in to
rescue just as you see him now, an older animal with
his fur graying and his eyes clouding. He never made
it out of rescue and passed on with only the love of
his rescuer to comfort him as he left his earthly
existence. Because he had no family to give his love
to, he has no one to escort him across the bridge.
The first animal thought about
this for a minute and then asked, ‘so what will
happen now?’ As he was about to receive his
answer, the clouds suddenly parted and the gloom
lifted. Approaching the bridge could be seen a
single person and among the older animals, a whole
group was suddenly bathed in a golden light and they
were all young and healthy again, just as they were
in the prime of life.
"Watch and see" said the
second animal. A second group of animals from those
waiting came to the pathway and bowed low as the
person neared. At each bowed head, the person
offered a pat on the head or a scratch behind the
ears. The newly restored animals fell into line and
followed him toward the bridge. They all crossed the
bridge together.
What happened?
That was a rescuer. The animals
you saw bowing in respect were those who found new
homes because of his work. They will cross the
bridge when their new families arrive. Those you saw
restored were those who never found homes. When a
rescuer arrives, they are allowed to perform one
final act of rescue. They are allowed to escort
those poor animals they couldn’t place on earth
across the rainbow bridge to heaven. After all,
without animals, there would be no heaven.
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