You will always have Lex in your heart even though Lake is your new special friend now. Their personalities are different, just like people. Cocoa has been acting up a little bit but I am hoping some of it will clear up now that my son will be going away for his job and not working outside where she can see him. Lora
----- Original Message ----- From: steve doyle To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:13 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. Hi Lora, It's like my last Dog Lex, wow he was my best Dog, Lake is OK but some how i can't get as close as i did with Lex, we just had that special bond. Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lora Leggett To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. Steve, that is a real tear jerker. We just lost Sam, our dog, in July. Even though we have a wonderful new dog, Cocoa, now I still miss Sam very much and still think of my Seeing Eye dog, Peace, who passed aay in 1986. That is precious. Lora ----- Original Message ----- From: steve doyle To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:41 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. 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 received 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 Forward to all your friends, including me. And don't tell me you're too busy for this. Don't you know the phrase 'stop and smell the flowers'? Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong, Sorrows keep you Human, Failures keep you Humble, Success keeps you Glowing, But Only Friends Keep You Going! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
