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Topic: An amazing act of kindness and Love.
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SunChild
Moderator Posts: 4169
From: Australia
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted August 22, 2008 06:56 AM
 
This was forwarded to me today:--------------
This is one of the kindest things I've ever experienced. I have no way to know who sent it, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service.
Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her.
I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words: Dear God, Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her. You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith.
We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office.. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith , ' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope.
On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven.
Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.
Love,
God
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GemLover
Knowflake Posts: 54
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Registered: Aug 2008
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posted August 22, 2008 07:24 AM
Oh my god, that's so amazing! I'm crying... What a kind-hearted person.  (Sadly, the cynical part of me is asking, is this for real? But I want to believe that someone would do this, so...)Thank you for sharing this.  IP: Logged |
PeaceAngel
Knowflake Posts: 1495
From: Australia
Registered: May 2008
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posted August 22, 2008 07:37 AM
wow - i started choking up at the beginning. and now i'm a mess. that is so beautiful.IP: Logged |
charmainec
Moderator Posts: 496
From: S.A
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted August 22, 2008 07:48 AM
Beautiful  ------------------
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us ~Ralph Waldo Emerson IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
Knowflake Posts: 243
From: ann arbor mi
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted August 22, 2008 08:51 AM
a tear in my eye...that is beautiful.IP: Logged |
fieryscales
Moderator Posts: 847
From: My own private world
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted August 22, 2008 11:42 AM
No words to describe how I feel IP: Logged |
LadyNeptune
Knowflake Posts: 282
From:
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted August 22, 2008 05:02 PM
I cried...I also wonder if that was for real. I hope it was. IP: Logged |
ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 5186
From: Infinity
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 22, 2008 08:59 PM
Awww.....I'm crying! IP: Logged |
Lavlee
Knowflake Posts: 187
From: heart
Registered: Mar 2008
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posted August 22, 2008 11:21 PM
awwwwww.what a tear-jerker.....  IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5455
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted August 23, 2008 12:38 AM
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhI love good people IP: Logged |
bunnies
Knowflake Posts: 368
From: U.K
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted August 23, 2008 11:52 AM
My daughter and I went for a walk and I tried to tell her that story in the street. We both ended up blubbing!!!!
my heart swells when I read that IP: Logged |
praecipua
Knowflake Posts: 657
From: england
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted August 23, 2008 05:18 PM
i don't know what's the most beautiful, the letter written by your daughter or the reply by god... hmmm, it was truly god's reply isn't it?very cute! IP: Logged |
CancerianMoon
Knowflake Posts: 1185
From: Sydney, Australia. Cancer Sun.....Gemini Moon.....Aqua Rising
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted August 23, 2008 06:30 PM
awww..how beautiful!!IP: Logged |
26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 14698
From: *
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted August 24, 2008 08:14 PM
...didnt cry. It't sweet... just makes me wonder who wouldnt do that in such a situation?Nice story.  IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5455
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted August 26, 2008 02:15 AM
26T...
I hear you. Sadly though, I do think only a special kind of person would actually do that.The fact that you wonder who *wouldn't* do that tells me I am right to completely know that you are that person. IP: Logged |
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