Dear Freda and Rev. Jim, I am so very, very saddened and sorry to read and learn of your beloved friend Ralphie's passing. I know how heartbreaking it is, and how deep and profound the loss and the sadness is.
My beloved cat of nine years, Bindo, is quite sick as I write this, and I fear the worst for him with every passing day.
When I told a friend about Bindo, she gently reminded me of something I had found and emailed to her when her beloved cat Sadie died. She emailed me the reassuring legend of the Rainbow Bridge. Do you know about that beautiful place that all our beloved pets go to? Please read this, in the hope it will help ease your sorrow, and that your love for Ralphie will light his way to the Rainbow Bridge.
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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 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 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.
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I'm so sorry for your loss, Freda! Losing a good friend is so very hard...
~Laura
Dear Freda and Rev. Jim, I am so very, very saddened and sorry to read and learn of your beloved friend Ralphie's passing. I know how heartbreaking it is, and how deep and profound the loss and the sadness is.
My beloved cat of nine years, Bindo, is quite sick as I write this, and I fear the worst for him with every passing day.
When I told a friend about Bindo, she gently reminded me of something I had found and emailed to her when her beloved cat Sadie died. She emailed me the reassuring legend of the Rainbow Bridge. Do you know about that beautiful place that all our beloved pets go to? Please read this, in the hope it will help ease your sorrow, and that your love for Ralphie will light his way to the Rainbow Bridge.
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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 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 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....
Author unknown...
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Run free, sweet Ralphie. Run free.
with much love,
June
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