's post, Grief, came to mind when I ran across an old post of mine on Facebook:
wrote:
I haven't stopped crying since it happened and I am surprised at myself. After all, she is - was - a dog. Not a human.
If people have souls, so do our beloved animal friends.
Even if it's only The Velveteen Rabbit principle: toys who are loved enough become "real," and animals who are so loved have a place in heaven or whatever hereafter may await us.
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NDE, Near-Death Experience, has not been scientifically refuted.
People who almost died but came back often report having seen a loved one welcoming them on the other side. One child described a woman who could only be the aunt he never met. I'm ever a skeptic but a wannabeliever, i.e., I wanna believe, I want this warm, welcoming afterlife to be real. If it is, our beloved pets will be there to greet us, tails wagging.
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The woman who write Dear Abby needs to move beyond
her bitterness at the lack of sympathy she got, but I totally know the feeling, the loss of a loved one being a 'mere animal,' therefore excessive grieving is somehow unwarranted.... right.
