Re: Dusty has passed on.... CYNTHIA!!

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

So glad that lovely writing had the same effect on you as it did me...

Yet one more - this one is much " lighter, " shorter & seems to work well as a

follow-up to " A Place for Us... "

Please be kind to yourself & know that our thoughts & prayers are with you...

Blessings & velcro hugs (a " Dobe thing " ),

Chris

<< I'm Still Here

Friend, please don't mourn for me

I'm still here, though you don't see.

I'm right by your side each night and day

and within your heart I long to stay.

My body is gone but I'm always near.

I'm everything you feel, see or hear.

My spirit is free, but I'll never depart

as long as you keep me alive in your heart.

I'll never wander out of your sight-

I'm the brightest star on a summer night.

I'll never be beyond your reach-

I'm the warm moist sand when you're at the beach.

I'm the colorful leaves when fall comes around

and the pure white snow that blankets the ground.

I'm the beautiful flowers of which you're so fond,

The clear cool water in a quiet pond.

I'm the first bright blossom you'll see in the spring,

The first warm raindrop that April will bring.

I'm the first ray of light when the sun starts to shine,

and you'll see that the face in the moon is mine.

When you start thinking there's no one to love you,

you can talk to me through the Lord above you.

I'll whisper my answer through the leaves on the trees,

and you'll feel my presence in the soft summer breeze.

I'm the hot salty tears that flow when you weep

and the beautiful dreams that come while you sleep.

I'm the smile you see on a baby's face.

Just look for me, friend, I'm everyplace!

Author Unknown

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Please accept our condolences regarding your beloved Dusty's transition to

the Rainbow Bridge. Our Sheltie boy, Jack, just made the transition last Dec

(2 days before Christmas) - thanks to vets NOT HEARING what we told them

about " tick " diseases, poor testing, etc. (you all know the story, I'm sure).

Anyway, a dear friend sent me a lovely writing to help us through that

difficult time & I'd like to share it with you & the others on our lyme

family list... (Sharing with permission of friend who sent it - may have

come from Angelbluemist.com or something similar - that was one of the sites

referenced...) This is the most

beautiful writing I have ever read & SO meaningful...

<<A Place for Us

I know what you're thinking. You think I'm dead. Because you cannot see me

with

your human eye, cannot feel me with your hands or hold me in your arms you

think I am gone forever. You recall how I looked when I left this place and

you

cannot remotely imagine that I could possibly be alive in another place. You

are

racked and torn by the pain of our separation and it blinds you to that which

is

right in front of you...me.

How many times since I left your immediate sight have you been told that I'm

dead and you should & quot;get over it & quot;? How many times have you cried

yourself to sleep because you feel like an outcast, believing you're supposed

to

get over me because that's what people say is normal but somehow you can't

and no one seems to understand? How many times have you put yourself

through such excruciating pain because you aren't willing to consider that I

am

not, by any means, dead?

I want you to do me a favor and go back in time with me. Remember the

glorious day you brought me home - was I not the most intriguing creature

you'd

ever met? Did I not make you laugh and giggle? Did I not look at you with such

adoration that you wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of your life

with

me? I wanted this too.

Remember the days when I was in my prime and we did many things together.

You were so proud of me! I was a good friend and I took care of you when you

cried, were angry or felt down and unhappy. When you didn't have a lot of time

for me because of your obligations, I waited patiently for you. I was always

there

when you needed me. Did I not look at you with such acceptance and patience

that at times you felt perhaps a bit unworthy? You were never unworthy in my

eyes.

Remember when age crept up on me, my bones became stiff and my

movements slower. Still I met you at the door when you came home and

followed you around the house. We'd been together for so long, I was your very

best friend regardless of what you were doing, saying, thinking. Did I not

look at

you with such kindness and understanding that you felt overwhelmed? I couldn't

get enough of you.

Remember the last time we saw each other with earthly eyes. You tried to be

brave but I knew you were crying...I know you so well. Better than anyone

else in

the whole world. Did I not look at you with such pure trust and love that you

yearned only to hold me close and keep me with you always? Did you not

promise that you would love me forever? I believed you.

If this is so then why have you let me go by thinking I no longer exist?

Remember the depth in my eyes all those times I looked at you with adoration,

acceptance, patience, trust and love. Who created this depth and love? Would

the Creator diminish the song of our laughter which was created in the name of

love? I am no longer an earthly figure, this is true. My body was only part

of who I

really am. My body would have been but a mere shell on earth if it were not

filled

to overflowing with my soul, my spirit, my loving light. When we met you

thought I

was cute, sweet, pretty and adorable. But what kind of relationship would we

have had if this is all that I'd been? How could you have loved me if I'd had

no

spiritual substance?

We are all made up of energy which resides far deep down inside of us, it is

our

core, our soul, spirit and loving light. It is the energy that is all of

life...it has no

beginning, it has no end. It simply is and always will be and without it

there is no

life. You can't see it with the naked eye nor can you hold it in your hand,

it is

simply a certain knowing that this energy does exist. It's a knowing just as

you

know that our love existed on earth - you couldn't see our love in a solid

sense,

you couldn't gather it all up and confine it to one place. But you *knew* it

existed.

There was no doubt in your mind.

They demand you get over me, insisting that I'm dead and you'll never see me

again because animals don't go to Heaven. Oh really? I'm here to tell you

different. You were worthy of my love and undying devotion on earth as I was

of

yours. Do you really believe this love would be snatched from us *forever* by

a

loving Creator simply because I wasn't human? Was I not a living, breathing

creation with personality? How could I have been so if I didn't possess the

energy of soul, spirit and loving light? And if this energy is and always

will be,

then how can it be that I am dead? If my core is not of the energy that is

all of life

then I was never alive to begin with. But you know better.

You cry because you miss me, this I understand. I miss you too - I miss the

belly

rubs, hugs and kisses that we shared. But life does go on beyond these

wonderful, fulfilling physical connections. I came to this place to live a

whole new

life, not because I didn't love you anymore or because I wanted something

better. I came here because it was time for me to go to the next phase of my

existance, something all living creatures must do eventually. It is the normal

progression of life. I was not taken away from you because you cannot take

away that which was never owned. My presence in your life was and is a gift to

be cherished and honored just as I cherish and honor you.

Life is not simply about being born into a body, living a certain number of

years

and then dying. Energy cannot die. We are blessed with time in a body so that

we can learn, share and grow. It prepares us for the next phase of our eternal

life. The body holds within it the true life force of our existance...our

soul, spirit

and loving light. Without these our bodies would be empty, blank, void of

feeling

and expression. Without our energy we would indeed be dead and could never

have experienced our love for each other.

You say that all you have left are memories. Not so. You see, when I took

leave

of my earthly body I left a little something behind for you. You can't touch

it, hold it

or examine it for what I left behind is far too uninhibited for confinement.

I left

behind a piece of my soul. I placed it right next to your own which is quite

fitting

as we were always side by side in our earthly life together. I love you too

much to

have left you with nothing but memories which tend to fade and grow cloudy as

the years go by. I love you too much to have vanished without a trace. How

selfish it would be of me to remove love and light from your life.

I understand your tears, each one you shed is testament to your love for me

and I

am honored and humbled. But don't forget the good things we shared -

remember and smile. This is an honor for me as well. And when you need me I

will be here. Close your eyes, relax, take slow, deep breaths and picture me

in

your mind. Shut off the world and your notions of what death is and give me a

chance. Look for the subtle signs I send you. Don't stop being proud of me, I

am

a friend to be proud of, I am still your friend and soul mate. Don't

memorialize

the death of my body but instead honor and celebrate my never-ending life for

it

is eternal and forever as is my love for you.

Until we meet again...>></PRE></HTML>

[Guest guest]

Oh my goodness...what tears of joy I have know..this is what I always

believed but could never quite figure out how to say it...thank you so

much...

Cyntha Landon Idaho

Re: [ ] Dusty has passed on.... CYNTHIA!!

> Dear ,

>

> Please accept our condolences regarding your beloved Dusty's transition to

> the Rainbow Bridge. Our Sheltie boy, Jack, just made the transition last

Dec

> (2 days before Christmas) - thanks to vets NOT HEARING what we told them

> about " tick " diseases, poor testing, etc. (you all know the story, I'm

sure).

>

> Anyway, a dear friend sent me a lovely writing to help us through that

> difficult time & I'd like to share it with you & the others on our lyme

> family list... (Sharing with permission of friend who sent it - may have

> come from Angelbluemist.com or something similar - that was one of the

sites

> referenced...) This is the most

> beautiful writing I have ever read & SO meaningful...

>

> <<A Place for Us

>

> I know what you're thinking. You think I'm dead. Because you cannot see me

> with

> your human eye, cannot feel me with your hands or hold me in your arms you

> think I am gone forever. You recall how I looked when I left this place

and

> you

> cannot remotely imagine that I could possibly be alive in another place.

You

> are

> racked and torn by the pain of our separation and it blinds you to that

which

> is

> right in front of you...me.

>

> How many times since I left your immediate sight have you been told that

I'm

> dead and you should & quot;get over it & quot;? How many times have you cried

> yourself to sleep because you feel like an outcast, believing you're

supposed

> to

> get over me because that's what people say is normal but somehow you can't

> and no one seems to understand? How many times have you put yourself

> through such excruciating pain because you aren't willing to consider that

I

> am

> not, by any means, dead?

>

> I want you to do me a favor and go back in time with me. Remember the

> glorious day you brought me home - was I not the most intriguing creature

> you'd

> ever met? Did I not make you laugh and giggle? Did I not look at you with

such

> adoration that you wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of your life

> with

> me? I wanted this too.

>

> Remember the days when I was in my prime and we did many things together.

> You were so proud of me! I was a good friend and I took care of you when

you

> cried, were angry or felt down and unhappy. When you didn't have a lot of

time

> for me because of your obligations, I waited patiently for you. I was

always

> there

> when you needed me. Did I not look at you with such acceptance and

patience

> that at times you felt perhaps a bit unworthy? You were never unworthy in

my

> eyes.

>

> Remember when age crept up on me, my bones became stiff and my

> movements slower. Still I met you at the door when you came home and

> followed you around the house. We'd been together for so long, I was your

very

> best friend regardless of what you were doing, saying, thinking. Did I not

> look at

> you with such kindness and understanding that you felt overwhelmed? I

couldn't

> get enough of you.

>

> Remember the last time we saw each other with earthly eyes. You tried to

be

> brave but I knew you were crying...I know you so well. Better than anyone

> else in

> the whole world. Did I not look at you with such pure trust and love that

you

> yearned only to hold me close and keep me with you always? Did you not

> promise that you would love me forever? I believed you.

>

> If this is so then why have you let me go by thinking I no longer exist?

>

> Remember the depth in my eyes all those times I looked at you with

adoration,

> acceptance, patience, trust and love. Who created this depth and love?

Would

> the Creator diminish the song of our laughter which was created in the

name of

> love? I am no longer an earthly figure, this is true. My body was only

part

> of who I

> really am. My body would have been but a mere shell on earth if it were

not

> filled

> to overflowing with my soul, my spirit, my loving light. When we met you

> thought I

> was cute, sweet, pretty and adorable. But what kind of relationship would

we

> have had if this is all that I'd been? How could you have loved me if I'd

had

> no

> spiritual substance?

>

> We are all made up of energy which resides far deep down inside of us, it

is

> our

> core, our soul, spirit and loving light. It is the energy that is all of

> life...it has no

> beginning, it has no end. It simply is and always will be and without it

> there is no

> life. You can't see it with the naked eye nor can you hold it in your

hand,

> it is

> simply a certain knowing that this energy does exist. It's a knowing just

as

> you

> know that our love existed on earth - you couldn't see our love in a solid

> sense,

> you couldn't gather it all up and confine it to one place. But you *knew*

it

> existed.

> There was no doubt in your mind.

>

> They demand you get over me, insisting that I'm dead and you'll never see

me

> again because animals don't go to Heaven. Oh really? I'm here to tell you

> different. You were worthy of my love and undying devotion on earth as I

was

> of

> yours. Do you really believe this love would be snatched from us *forever*

by

> a

> loving Creator simply because I wasn't human? Was I not a living,

breathing

> creation with personality? How could I have been so if I didn't possess

the

> energy of soul, spirit and loving light? And if this energy is and always

> will be,

> then how can it be that I am dead? If my core is not of the energy that is

> all of life

> then I was never alive to begin with. But you know better.

>

> You cry because you miss me, this I understand. I miss you too - I miss

the

> belly

> rubs, hugs and kisses that we shared. But life does go on beyond these

> wonderful, fulfilling physical connections. I came to this place to live a

> whole new

> life, not because I didn't love you anymore or because I wanted something

> better. I came here because it was time for me to go to the next phase of

my

> existance, something all living creatures must do eventually. It is the

normal

> progression of life. I was not taken away from you because you cannot take

> away that which was never owned. My presence in your life was and is a

gift to

> be cherished and honored just as I cherish and honor you.

>

> Life is not simply about being born into a body, living a certain number

of

> years

> and then dying. Energy cannot die. We are blessed with time in a body so

that

> we can learn, share and grow. It prepares us for the next phase of our

eternal

> life. The body holds within it the true life force of our existance...our

> soul, spirit

> and loving light. Without these our bodies would be empty, blank, void of

> feeling

> and expression. Without our energy we would indeed be dead and could never

> have experienced our love for each other.

>

> You say that all you have left are memories. Not so. You see, when I took

> leave

> of my earthly body I left a little something behind for you. You can't

touch

> it, hold it

> or examine it for what I left behind is far too uninhibited for

confinement.

> I left

> behind a piece of my soul. I placed it right next to your own which is

quite

> fitting

> as we were always side by side in our earthly life together. I love you

too

> much to

> have left you with nothing but memories which tend to fade and grow cloudy

as

> the years go by. I love you too much to have vanished without a trace. How

> selfish it would be of me to remove love and light from your life.

>

> I understand your tears, each one you shed is testament to your love for

me

> and I

> am honored and humbled. But don't forget the good things we shared -

> remember and smile. This is an honor for me as well. And when you need me

I

> will be here. Close your eyes, relax, take slow, deep breaths and picture

me

> in

> your mind. Shut off the world and your notions of what death is and give

me a

> chance. Look for the subtle signs I send you. Don't stop being proud of

me, I

> am

> a friend to be proud of, I am still your friend and soul mate. Don't

> memorialize

> the death of my body but instead honor and celebrate my never-ending life

for

> it

> is eternal and forever as is my love for you.

>

> Until we meet again...>></PRE></HTML>

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[Guest guest]

Dear ,

So glad that lovely writing had the same effect on you as it did me...

Yet one more - this one is much " lighter, " shorter & seems to work well as a

follow-up to " A Place for Us... "

Please be kind to yourself & know that our thoughts & prayers are with you...

Blessings & velcro hugs (a " Dobe thing " ),

Chris

<< I'm Still Here

Friend, please don't mourn for me

I'm still here, though you don't see.

I'm right by your side each night and day

and within your heart I long to stay.

My body is gone but I'm always near.

I'm everything you feel, see or hear.

My spirit is free, but I'll never depart

as long as you keep me alive in your heart.

I'll never wander out of your sight-

I'm the brightest star on a summer night.

I'll never be beyond your reach-

I'm the warm moist sand when you're at the beach.

I'm the colorful leaves when fall comes around

and the pure white snow that blankets the ground.

I'm the beautiful flowers of which you're so fond,

The clear cool water in a quiet pond.

I'm the first bright blossom you'll see in the spring,

The first warm raindrop that April will bring.

I'm the first ray of light when the sun starts to shine,

and you'll see that the face in the moon is mine.

When you start thinking there's no one to love you,

you can talk to me through the Lord above you.

I'll whisper my answer through the leaves on the trees,

and you'll feel my presence in the soft summer breeze.

I'm the hot salty tears that flow when you weep

and the beautiful dreams that come while you sleep.

I'm the smile you see on a baby's face.

Just look for me, friend, I'm everyplace!

Author Unknown

[Guest guest]

Oh my goodness...what tears of joy I have know..this is what I always

believed but could never quite figure out how to say it...thank you so

much...

Cyntha Landon Idaho

Re: [ ] Dusty has passed on.... CYNTHIA!!

> Dear ,

>

> Please accept our condolences regarding your beloved Dusty's transition to

> the Rainbow Bridge. Our Sheltie boy, Jack, just made the transition last

Dec

> (2 days before Christmas) - thanks to vets NOT HEARING what we told them

> about " tick " diseases, poor testing, etc. (you all know the story, I'm

sure).

>

> Anyway, a dear friend sent me a lovely writing to help us through that

> difficult time & I'd like to share it with you & the others on our lyme

> family list... (Sharing with permission of friend who sent it - may have

> come from Angelbluemist.com or something similar - that was one of the

sites

> referenced...) This is the most

> beautiful writing I have ever read & SO meaningful...

>

> <<A Place for Us

>

> I know what you're thinking. You think I'm dead. Because you cannot see me

> with

> your human eye, cannot feel me with your hands or hold me in your arms you

> think I am gone forever. You recall how I looked when I left this place

and

> you

> cannot remotely imagine that I could possibly be alive in another place.

You

> are

> racked and torn by the pain of our separation and it blinds you to that

which

> is

> right in front of you...me.

>

> How many times since I left your immediate sight have you been told that

I'm

> dead and you should & quot;get over it & quot;? How many times have you cried

> yourself to sleep because you feel like an outcast, believing you're

supposed

> to

> get over me because that's what people say is normal but somehow you can't

> and no one seems to understand? How many times have you put yourself

> through such excruciating pain because you aren't willing to consider that

I

> am

> not, by any means, dead?

>

> I want you to do me a favor and go back in time with me. Remember the

> glorious day you brought me home - was I not the most intriguing creature

> you'd

> ever met? Did I not make you laugh and giggle? Did I not look at you with

such

> adoration that you wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of your life

> with

> me? I wanted this too.

>

> Remember the days when I was in my prime and we did many things together.

> You were so proud of me! I was a good friend and I took care of you when

you

> cried, were angry or felt down and unhappy. When you didn't have a lot of

time

> for me because of your obligations, I waited patiently for you. I was

always

> there

> when you needed me. Did I not look at you with such acceptance and

patience

> that at times you felt perhaps a bit unworthy? You were never unworthy in

my

> eyes.

>

> Remember when age crept up on me, my bones became stiff and my

> movements slower. Still I met you at the door when you came home and

> followed you around the house. We'd been together for so long, I was your

very

> best friend regardless of what you were doing, saying, thinking. Did I not

> look at

> you with such kindness and understanding that you felt overwhelmed? I

couldn't

> get enough of you.

>

> Remember the last time we saw each other with earthly eyes. You tried to

be

> brave but I knew you were crying...I know you so well. Better than anyone

> else in

> the whole world. Did I not look at you with such pure trust and love that

you

> yearned only to hold me close and keep me with you always? Did you not

> promise that you would love me forever? I believed you.

>

> If this is so then why have you let me go by thinking I no longer exist?

>

> Remember the depth in my eyes all those times I looked at you with

adoration,

> acceptance, patience, trust and love. Who created this depth and love?

Would

> the Creator diminish the song of our laughter which was created in the

name of

> love? I am no longer an earthly figure, this is true. My body was only

part

> of who I

> really am. My body would have been but a mere shell on earth if it were

not

> filled

> to overflowing with my soul, my spirit, my loving light. When we met you

> thought I

> was cute, sweet, pretty and adorable. But what kind of relationship would

we

> have had if this is all that I'd been? How could you have loved me if I'd

had

> no

> spiritual substance?

>

> We are all made up of energy which resides far deep down inside of us, it

is

> our

> core, our soul, spirit and loving light. It is the energy that is all of

> life...it has no

> beginning, it has no end. It simply is and always will be and without it

> there is no

> life. You can't see it with the naked eye nor can you hold it in your

hand,

> it is

> simply a certain knowing that this energy does exist. It's a knowing just

as

> you

> know that our love existed on earth - you couldn't see our love in a solid

> sense,

> you couldn't gather it all up and confine it to one place. But you *knew*

it

> existed.

> There was no doubt in your mind.

>

> They demand you get over me, insisting that I'm dead and you'll never see

me

> again because animals don't go to Heaven. Oh really? I'm here to tell you

> different. You were worthy of my love and undying devotion on earth as I

was

> of

> yours. Do you really believe this love would be snatched from us *forever*

by

> a

> loving Creator simply because I wasn't human? Was I not a living,

breathing

> creation with personality? How could I have been so if I didn't possess

the

> energy of soul, spirit and loving light? And if this energy is and always

> will be,

> then how can it be that I am dead? If my core is not of the energy that is

> all of life

> then I was never alive to begin with. But you know better.

>

> You cry because you miss me, this I understand. I miss you too - I miss

the

> belly

> rubs, hugs and kisses that we shared. But life does go on beyond these

> wonderful, fulfilling physical connections. I came to this place to live a

> whole new

> life, not because I didn't love you anymore or because I wanted something

> better. I came here because it was time for me to go to the next phase of

my

> existance, something all living creatures must do eventually. It is the

normal

> progression of life. I was not taken away from you because you cannot take

> away that which was never owned. My presence in your life was and is a

gift to

> be cherished and honored just as I cherish and honor you.

>

> Life is not simply about being born into a body, living a certain number

of

> years

> and then dying. Energy cannot die. We are blessed with time in a body so

that

> we can learn, share and grow. It prepares us for the next phase of our

eternal

> life. The body holds within it the true life force of our existance...our

> soul, spirit

> and loving light. Without these our bodies would be empty, blank, void of

> feeling

> and expression. Without our energy we would indeed be dead and could never

> have experienced our love for each other.

>

> You say that all you have left are memories. Not so. You see, when I took

> leave

> of my earthly body I left a little something behind for you. You can't

touch

> it, hold it

> or examine it for what I left behind is far too uninhibited for

confinement.

> I left

> behind a piece of my soul. I placed it right next to your own which is

quite

> fitting

> as we were always side by side in our earthly life together. I love you

too

> much to

> have left you with nothing but memories which tend to fade and grow cloudy

as

> the years go by. I love you too much to have vanished without a trace. How

> selfish it would be of me to remove love and light from your life.

>

> I understand your tears, each one you shed is testament to your love for

me

> and I

> am honored and humbled. But don't forget the good things we shared -

> remember and smile. This is an honor for me as well. And when you need me

I

> will be here. Close your eyes, relax, take slow, deep breaths and picture

me

> in

> your mind. Shut off the world and your notions of what death is and give

me a

> chance. Look for the subtle signs I send you. Don't stop being proud of

me, I

> am

> a friend to be proud of, I am still your friend and soul mate. Don't

> memorialize

> the death of my body but instead honor and celebrate my never-ending life

for

> it

> is eternal and forever as is my love for you.

>

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