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The Rainbow Bridge
Pet Memorials
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Just this side of Heaven is a place
called the Rainbow Bridge When an animal dies, one who has been especially close to someone here,
that pet goes to the Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all
of our special friends where 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 thing, each misses someone
who was very special to them, someone they had to leave behind.
They all run and play together, but a day comes when one suddenly stops
and looks into the distance. The eyes are bright and intent, the eager
little body quivers all over. Suddenly that lucky one breaks away from
the group and flies over the green grass, little legs carrying him
faster and faster. YOU have been spotted and when you and your special
friend finally meet, you cling together in a joyous reunion, never to be
parted again. Happy kisses rain on your face, your hands again caress
that beloved head and once more you look into the trusting eyes of your
pet so long gone from your life, but never absent from your heart. Then
you cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
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Feed
me, water and care for me,
and when the day's work is done,
provide me with a shelter,
a pasture large enough for me
to run, romp and play.
Talk to me, your voice often means
as much to me as the reins.
Pet me sometime that I may serve you
more gladly and learn to love you.
Never strike, beat, or kick me when I don't understand what you want,
but give me a chance to understand you ...
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And finally oh master,
when my youthful strength is gone,
do not turn me out to starve or freeze,
or sell me to some cruel owner
to be slowly tortured or stoned to death,
but do thou, my master,
take my life in the kindest way, and
your God will reward you here and hereafter.
You will not consider me irreverent
if I ask this in the name of Him who was born in a stable... |
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Rescues who have traveled the Rainbow Bridge |
