by Marilyn Walker
One day in July, 1988, I saw this pitiful, skinny, abandoned and abused little dog wandering aroung the grocery store parking lot below my home. A terrible storm was getting ready to come and it had begun to rain. I thought to myself, I will take this precious little unwanted dog home...feed her, get her out of the storm, and find her a good home.
I found her a good home....it was in my heart for almost 14 years. On March 25, 2002, I had to lovingly let her go...you see, she had renal failure,and to let her suffer any longer would have been a sin. That is not how you repay something that has given you unconditional love for this many years. Yes, I am writing this with tears flowing...it has only been nine months since a piece of my heart was taken..when my beloved "Chip", 15 1/2 yrs., left me to go to Rainbow Bridge...Later that night me, my husband and our neighbor were talking about animals, and that we believed they did go to a place like Rainbow Bridge. We had just buried our "Little Girl"....I thought my conacts were just blurred from crying, so I made the comment that it looked like a rainbow of light was glowing from the moon...they said "No it is....and they had never seen anything like it." It only lasted a few minutes and was gone. I will always believe that God was letting us know that our baby was OK. I believe she is with her brothers, Pisces, who passed over in 1991, and her brother Chip. I also believe I'll see them again.
If you still have your "fur babies"....please "Pet Often....Life if Short."
God Bless You,
Marilyn Walker