January 8, 1997

Truly the loss of a loved one is a an incredibly, indescribably lonely event. Changing a loving relationship when their presence is no longer in our physical reality and plunging us into shock and pain we never imagined possible..

A Little Dog Angel
High up in the courts of heaven today
a little dog angel waits;
with the other angels he will not play,
but he sits alone at the gates.
"For I know my master will come" says he,
"and when he comes he will call for me."
The other angels pass him by
As they hurry toward the throne,
And he watches them with a wistful eye
as he sits at the gates alone.
"But I know if I just wait patiently
that someday my master will call for me."
And his master, down on earth below,
as he sits in his easy chair,
forgets sometimes, and whispers low
to the dog who is not there.
And the little dog angel cocks his ears
and dreams that his master's voice he hears.
And when at last his master waits
outside in the dark and cold,
for the hand of death to open the door,
that leads to those courts of gold,
he will hear a sound through the gathering dark,
a little dog angel's bark.
Author Unknown

Below .. is the note.. as I posted it.. to the Bridgelist, so thotfully provided to us by Ed Williams, who also displays the Candle Ceremony, as well as links to wonderful grief support sites.

Please add my two sheltie furgirls who went to the Bridge 5 days apart in January 1996. The first is Megan, {{Candlochen's Megan O Norbirch}, born July 27, 1984, and passed to the Bridge gently from my arms @ 1:30pm, on Jan 3rd, 1996. Megan was my first matriarch, and tho she was not young, & I knew she could go @ any time, I really didn't realize that she was slipping away from me until January 2nd. Next, please add my beloved Echo{{Candlochen's Echo At Dawn}}. Born, June 11, 1989, and went to the Bridge very suddenly, on January 8th, 1996, leaving behind 3 six day old furbabies. This time Echo had required a c-section, tho she had 2 natural deliveries prior. As a result of the surgery she developed a blood clot that went to her heart. Altho now, almost a year, since they left me, I have wondered how to go on, especially without my Echo, who was the light of my life. Then one day this past month I was looking in the chat rooms on{Prodigy Classic}, which I had not known existed before. I was given the Glimpse of the Rainbow Bridge poem and others, and came to understand that the male puppy{that I reluctantly kept-I didn't think I wanted a male} was the furbaby that my beloved Echo had sent me! Not that Starphire can *ever*take Echo's place, but I think that he will always be a part of her, and tho I write this with tears, I believe that she is in him..in his glance, & certain things that he does. Thanx to whomever offers this list for us to pay tribute to those who have given us so much!

Echo's First anniversary @ Rainbow Bridge

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