Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all 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 that had been ill and old are restored to health and vigour. 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. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run 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 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.

I would imagine the author is unknown because no one would want to attach their name to this sappy junk.

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You do make me laugh.

Loveley, Paxo.

Could be a bit of a problem is you have had many varied pets!

THANKS, that was a nice poem, its a pity! some people have shallow minds!.or don,t experience the loss of a pet!.

i thought that was very nice

THANKS, that was a nice poem, take no notice of other people, again thanks for sharing this with us.

Very nice Paxvobiscum,thanks for posting,only someone who has lost a dear pet could truly appreciate it.I like your name by the way ( and also with you ).

Thanks Paxo. Just makes you sit back and think - and be thankful for what we've got.

thats a nice poem ive lost 2 pets in the last 2 years so can appreciate it.

I was given it by a friend. Some may think it a tad sentimental but others like it so thought I would post it

I don't want to sound too unsympathetic but once we [or Bonzo the dog] die then we become wormfood. Still, Rainbow Bridge does sound like a nice LSD-inspired fantasy.

There are many paths up the holy mountain Touchstone,if their beliefs give them comfort and they don't harm anyone that's ok by me.

Fair enough, if people want to believe this stuf then that's up to them. But a lot of Holy stuff has caused a lot of problems and harm in this world.

[quote=Touchstone]I don't want to sound too unsympathetic but once we [or Bonzo the dog] die then we become wormfood. quote]

I won't become wormfood as I have a prepaid funeral plan with instructions that my ashes are to be scattered from the Mersey Ferry, opposite St Nick's (Liverpool Parish Church Pierhead Liverpool)by The Mersey Mission to Seafarers.

Anyone else interested you can also get your undertaker to arrange for The Lifeboat crew on exercises to do similar at the Merseybar, where the Mersey and Irish Sea meet.

Oh come on people. It was just a lovely fantasy piece of writing ...............!

Don't rise to the bait - ignore him/her - s/he's just trolling again.

Back on topic, I am not religious at all but I personally know many people who take genuine comfort from this, when their pets die (often, following their own, very difficult decision to spare them from further suffering). Just because I don't believe in it, makes not one bit of difference!

Totally agree CV,isn't it a shame though that we can't legally show our loved ones the same end of life compassion that we may give to our pets i.e.to end their unnecessary suffering.

Totally agree.

You can. But you have to go to Dignitas in Switzerland unfortunately.

You can also have your ashes scattered from the Mersey Ferry. If the Captain is informed what is happening he will halt the boat and sound the horn as a mark of respect.

You can also have your ashes scattered from the Mersey Ferry. If the Captain is informed what is happening he will halt the boat and sound the horn as a mark of respect.

Thanks Touchstone. It may be useful to someone on Forum.

That is expensive (about £10,000) and there is still a small, but diminishing, risk of someone assisting being prosecuted.
I have subscribed to the Peaceful Pill Handbook, published by Exit International, in order to make my own arrangements, if I should decide it necessary.
www.exitinternational.net/

Thanks Pax for posting Rainbow Bridge, I have known this poem/piece of writing for a few years now and it has really helped to bring my younger children (and me) to terms with the death of a pet - they are after all a member of the family and my last dog was 21 when he died so he had been around since before my children were born and they had always known him

Thanks amaterasu. I agree it does help.

When I was little I used to talk to my teddy bear. I knew it was not real, but it was a friend.

Not sure if dogs and cats have an afterlife. Book of Revelation mentions the Beasts around the Throne, so who knows?

I'm sure all souls have an afterlife Pax - I'm not religious at all but I'm pretty sure that we are on a wheel and we will meet other past souls whether they be human or not in future lives - not necessarily in the same order....I'm talking shite now ..well not cos it makes perfect sense to me lol

...easy for you to say Amaterasu, aren't you one of the immortals?!

yes Geekus I am a lost boy

Geekus I will smile upon you

...I'd have given my left eye to have been born immortal!

"there can be only one"

Ahh I see you have been doing your geeky research Geekus-san

Have you got any pets now Amaterasu?

I do indeed Tombraider, I have a dog and 2 cats ...the cats are bigger than the dog and the cats rule the roost

Lol! Amaterasu-chama

Too funny