[Faith-talk] Your Pets In Heaven by Ken D. Conover

[Debby Phillips]

Thanks for sending this, it is the Rainbridge poem but it is beautiful. My Nova and I are having our adventures together and oddly enough, being with her makes me feel more connected with my past dogs.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is the rainbow bridge poem isn't it? It's something very similar anyhow. Thank you for sharing this. I put a dearly beloved cat down 2 years ago this coming August and I still miss Shelby something terrible. My other cat is surviving without her, but Hunter isn't thrilled I can tell.
> 
> Peace wished among the atrocities on media.
> 
> Ericka Short
> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."
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> from my iPhone 6s
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>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Paul Smith via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> The following may seem controversial to some, but I'm posting it for the benefit of those readers who had, or still have, pets or service animals.
>> 
>> To have loved and then said farewell, is better than to have never loved at all.  For all of the times that you have stooped and touched my head, fed me my favorite treat that I so unconditionally gave to you.  For the care that you gave to me so unselfishly.  For all of these things I am grateful and thankful.
>> 
>> I ask that you not grieve for the loss, but rejoice in the fact that we lived, loved and touched each other's lives.  My life was fuller because you were there, not as a master/owner, but as my FRIEND.
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>> Today I am as I was in my youth.  The grass is always green, butterflies flit among the flowers and the sun shines gently down upon all of God's creatures.  I can run, jump, play and do all of the things that I did in my youth.  There is no sickness, no aching joints and no regrets and no aging.
>> 
>> We await the arrival of our lifelong companions and know that togetherness is forever.  You live in our hearts as we do in yours.  Companions such as you are so rare and unique.  Don't hold the love that you have within yourself.  Give it to another like me and then I will live forever.  For love never really dies, and you are loved and missed as surely as we are.
>> 
>> And there you have this bit of reminiscence for today.  Here in the Baltimore-Washington metro area, if you are a fan of local radio, a beloved talk show host had his funeral which was broadcast over station WCBM live.  I just couldn't hear the entire funeral Mass because Tom Marr, a fixture locally for at least 40 years, believed in helping people.  He even reached out to me back in 2009 when I first took my first baby steps with a computer.  No, he didn't teach me how to do this and that on this machine, but just encouraged me in my writing ability, for which I'm eternally grateful.  Anyone interested in learning about his many and varied life experiences in addition to his talk show forays can visit his website (assuming it's still up there) at
>> http://www.tommarr.com.
>> I hope that, even if you've never heard of him before, that you will be as inspired and encouraged as I was when I visited the site for the first time several months ago.
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>> And that will do it for today.  Until tomorrow when, Lord willing another article of an inspiring and uplifting nature will be posted, may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe, individually and collectively, in these last days in which we live.  Your Christian friend and brother, Paul
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