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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

775.0. "Rainbow Bridge" by AYRPLN::VENTURA (Ecstasy beyond purrs...) Tue Jul 05 1994 07:02

    I found this in the catalog for the show that I went to this weekend.
    I thought everyone might enjoy it.  I think it's beautiful!
    
    

    Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

    When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here,
    that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.  There are meadows and hills for all
    of our special friends so they can run and play together.  There is
    plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and
    comfortable.  All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to
    health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and
    strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times
    gone by.

    The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing:
    they miss someone very special to them;
    who had to be left behind.

    They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly
    stops and looks into the distance.  The bright eyes are intent; the
    eager body quivers.  Suddenly he begins to break away from the group,
    flying over the green grass.  His legs carrying him faster and faster. 
    YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally
    meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. 
    The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the
    beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your
    pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.  

    Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together ...


    Author unknown

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
775.1	dab dab	NRSTA2::BACHELDER		`Tue Jul 05 1994 08:57`	4
	sniff...that is beautiful. I hope it's true. - Lauri
775.2		NITTY::DIERCKS	I just am, that's why!!!	`Tue Jul 05 1994 10:11`	12
	Where're the tissues? That truly is beautiful. I can't begin to imagine, after only having my boys a few months, what life without them would be like. I adore coming home to their "feed me" cries and their "it's time to play now" looks and howls at 3:00 in the morning. I even adore the running and tearing around that left a broken vase on the floor over the weekend! 8-)!!!! Greg
775.3	snif!	MIMS::MCFARLAND_D	m o o n...that spells turbo 3	`Wed Jul 06 1994 11:43`	4
	now you did it! there goes the eyeliner and mascara. diane the raccoon
775.4	It is true!!	BPSOF::EGYED	Per aspera ad astra	`Thu Jul 07 1994 02:44`	4
	re.0 Thank you. re.1 I know it is true. re.rest: Who says a male has no tears in his eyes sometimes????!!!! Nat
775.5	Tears but Smiles too..	AIMHI::OFFEN		`Thu Aug 04 1994 10:12`	10
	Yup, the tears are there... I hope this is true. I have so many that I have lost and more to lose in the future. It will be nice to have them all around me. How many hands will I have to pet, cuddle, hold, fluff, play and touch my babies? I miss the ones that are gone and dread the day I lose another one. What a beautiful thought... Sandi with 6 wonderful kittys currently underfoot.
775.6		ODIXIE::CERASO		`Fri Apr 21 1995 19:07`	8
	I hope and pray that it is true. Just lost Nightmare yesterday. A 4 year old male. Please pass the towel. gush CERASO
775.7	If anything can help, this image can...	TAMARA::xiexie.zko.dec.com::snover	Jo Ann, 381-0462	`Mon Jun 19 1995 11:27`	12
	Jeffrey and I just lost Socrates (5-1/2 year old cat, youngest of our three) to kidney failure. I had seen some references in here to meeting on the other side of the rainbow bridge last week when I was delving in here to find some words of wisdom on how other cats with this problem had fared. I have tears in my eyes now, a lump in my throat, and an aching heart, but I have to tell you that this is such a wonderful image of where my little boy is and how we'll meet again one day. Thanks to the person who posted this... Jo Ann
775.8		SHRCTR::DJANCAITIS	Americas MCS Admin	`Mon Jun 19 1995 11:32`	5
	JoAnn, I'm sorry for your loss - I'll add Socrates to the SLM listing. Debbi
775.9	looking for sympathy card	MPGS::HEALEY	Karen Healey, VIIS Group, SHR3	`Wed Nov 15 1995 09:03`	16
	I was looking for something I saw in probably FELINE_V1 (which I did search but finally gave up). It was the enscription from a card that a vet gave one of his grieving pet owners to help cope with the lose. I just found this Rainbow Bridge which was beautiful but not what I was looking for. If anybody has an idea how to find it or can post it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Karen (dir/title=poem,death,dead,loss,sympath and a few others did not find it).
775.10		PADC::KOLLING	Karen	`Wed Nov 15 1995 12:20`	17
	Try the search command, which will search the text inside the notes and replies. For example, search /notes=1.-9999. card Be sure to use the * form and not just 1-9999, as the latter will search only the beginning notes and not the replies. After it finds the first note with card (or whatever) in it, you can move on to subsequent notes that contain that word by just typing sea without any arguments. If you want to search for a phrase, I think you use quotes, as: search /notes=1.-9999. "vet sent"