beautiful story sent to me today:
We don't know who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter department who understands LOVE...
Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month.
The day after she passed away 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 that we could, so she dictated
these words:
Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog?
Abbey died yesterday and is with you in heaven.
I miss her very much.
I 'm 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 swim and play with balls.
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
& Meredith,
addressed it to God/Heaven.
We put our return address on it.
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 gotten 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 and I
recognized her 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'm 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
according to snopes, it is true and they have the real names of eveyone, etc. but the picture was added to the email. ( it is not her) http://www.snopes.com/glurge/abbey.asp
and the girl was actually not surprised in any way at the reply, but her 6 year old brother was quite impressed.
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