Rainbow Bridge

Rainbow Image

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, 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 each miss someone very special, someone who was left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; his eager body begins to quiver. Suddenly, he breaks from the group, flying over the green grass, 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 those trusting eyes, so long gone from your life, but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together...
*Author Unknown*

Mr. Beau Dog
November 1996- April 23, 2008

I am standing by the seashore.
A ship at my side
spreads his white sails to
the morning breeze
and starts for the blue
ocean.
He is an object of beauty and strength,
and I stand and watch
until at last he hangs like
a peck of white cloud
just where the sun and
sky come down to mingle
with each other.
Then someone at my
side says, 'There he goes!
Gone where? Gone from
my sight - that is all.
He is just as large in
mast and hull and spar
as he was when he left
my side
and just as able to bear
his load of living freight
to the places of
destination.
His diminished size is in
me, not in him.
And just at the moment
when someone at my
side says,
'There he goes! ' ,
there are other eyes
watching him coming,
and other voices ready to
take up the glad shout :
'Here he comes!'

To the dog with the biggest heart I know…
the KING of sloppy kisses, food on the table (especially Sophia’s muffins)
and being in anyone’s PERSONAL space but his own.
God speed buddy and good night.

The Harris Family

Teddy
A Parting Prayer

Dear Lord, please open your gatesBr> and call St. Francis
to come escort this beloved companion
across the Rainbow Bridge.
Assign him to a place of honor,
for he has been a faithful servant
and has always done his best to please me.
Bless the hands that send him to you,
for they are doing so in love and compassion,
freeing him from pain and suffering.
Grant me the strength not to dwell on my loss.
Help me remember the details of his life
with the love he has shown me.
And grant me the courage to honor him
by sharing those memories with others.
Let him remember me as well
and let him know that I will always love him.
And when it's my time to pass over into your paradise,
please allow him to accompany those
who will bring me home.
Thank you, Lord,
for the gift of his companionship
and for the time we've had together.
And thank you, Lord,
for granting me the strength
to give him to you now.

- written by Kim Crenshaw, March 1998 for Brandy, beloved companion

I loving memory of Teddy, The Bennett Pack

Gretchen

How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye? And now I'm glad I didn't know the way it all would end; the way it all would go. Our lives are better left to chance. I could have missed the pain, But I'd of had to miss the dance.

Daddy misses you alot baby.
We love you, Jerry, Betty, Amber, Penny and Levi