The Rainbow Bridge

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 meadow, hills, and valleys with lush green grass.
When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this place.
There is always food and water and warm spring weather.
The old and frail animals are young again.
Those who are maimed are made whole again.
They play all day with each other.
There is only 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 looks up!
The nose twitches.
The ears are up.
The eyes are staring.
And this one suddenly runs from the group.
You have been seen,
and when you and your special friend meet,
you take him or her in your arms and embrace.
Your face is kissed again and again and again,
and you look once more into the eyes of your trusted pet.
Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together,
never again to be separated.

Legolas

(4-11-04 thru 4-17-04)

God looked around his garden
and found an empty place.
He then looked upon the earth
and saw your tired face.
He put his arm around you
and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful
he always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering,
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never,
get well on earth again
He saw the road was getting rough,
and the hills were hard to climb.
And so he closed your eyelids,
and whispered "peace be thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you,
but you didn't go alone
for part of us went with you
the day God called you home.

On our last day, I prayed for you.
I sent a prayer to those guardian angels
of all the lost, sick and homeless
to guide you
on your way across the Bridge.
I cried for you, and cry for you still.
I never held you in my arms, felt the beat of your heart
or the purr of your contentment.
On your last day on this cold Earth,
I called to my friends who have
crossed the Rainbow Bridge before you
to watch for you.
To take you in their welcoming embrace
and keep you in their care
until again we meet again

If tears could build a stairway
and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to Heaven,
and bring you home again