| There
is a bridge connecting Heaven and Earth. It is called the Rainbow Bridge because of its
many colors. Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge, there is a land of meadows, hills and
valleys with lush green grass. When a pet dies, the pet goes to this place. There
is always food and water, and warm spring weather. Those old and frail animals are young
again. Those who have been maimed are made whole again.
They play all day with each
other. But, there is one thing missing. They are not with their special person who loved
them on earth. So, each day they run and play until the day comes when one suddenly stops
playing and looks up. The nose twitches, the ears are up, the eyes are staring, and this
one suddenly runs from the group. You have been spotted, and when you and your special
friend meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. Your face is
kissed again and again and again; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look
once more into the eyes of your trusting pet, so long gone from your life but never absent
from your heart.
Then you cross the Rainbow
Bridge together, never again to be separated. Some of them here by the Bridge are
different. These pets were beaten, starved, tortured, and unloved. They watch wistfully as
their friends leave one by one, to cross the bridge with their special person. For them
there is no one, no special one. Their time on earth did not give them one. But one day,
as they run and play, they notice someone standing by the road to the bridge. This person
wistfully watches the reunions of friends, for during life, this person had no pet. This
person was beaten, starved, tortured, and unloved. Standing there alone, one of the
unloved pets approaches, curious as to why this one is alone. And as the unloved pet and
the unloved person get nearer to each other, a miracle occurs, for these are the ones who
were meant to be together, the special person and the beloved pet who never had the chance
to meet while on Earth.
Finally, now, at the edge of
the Rainbow Bridge, their souls meet, the pain and the sorrow disappears, and two friends
are together. They cross the Rainbow Bridge together, never again to be separated.
~Author Unknown~ |
