Losing our precious little ones is hard. They are our best friends our family. We love them. We miss everything about them, a thousand memories. They are an important part of our every day, until the day they are not. Whether suddenly or a long good-bye it matters not, we are here and they are not. So the questions become where are they, will we see them again? These are valid questions and it is important to know the truth. Stories of a rainbow ridge and other magical places are comforting but the honest-to-God truth, their leaving, their life after is even greater, and one that brings the hope of tomorrow with them.
After my Annie left, maybe a few months later, God gave me an experience with her in heaven. He gave it to me to lessen the grief in my heart but I’ve since come to realize, He gave it to me to give to others that had to let their little ones go.
The following are His words, not mine, I wrote them just as I heard them.
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Oh Ann Marie. You are an inspiration and spread Hope where ever you go. May your tribe increase!
You are so generous. See you soon at the Markets.
I don’t know if you’ll get this, especially since this blog post is from 2018 and it’s now 2020. But I’m missing my dog so very much right now and I’m desperate to see her again one day. She was almost 15, (just two months shy of her birthday) and I lost her to a combination of liver cancer and kidney failure back in April, I’ve been devastated and miss her so much. I’ve heard conflicting viewpoints all my life on the subject of whether or not animals go to heaven. I don’t think I could bear it if they didn’t. The thought is just awful and too sad to believe. They’re such sweet, innocent souls who’ve never done any harm, how could they not? Who among us deserves to gain instant entry to heaven other than children and animals? They absolutely must go to heaven. I just miss my baby so much. Your post has helped a little. Thank you.
Caroline
I am replying to you personally and will reply to your post online as well. Thank you for writing me and sharing.
Losing them is the worst… pain. It’s as if the ‘missing’ never stops, it always seems as if it all happened yesterday.
I tell you this now and I tell you truth.. I too lost my girl and was devastated. I prayed, I cried, I prayed and cried. It was too hard..
Then one night I had I dream. I’m not a big dreamer so this was unusual for me.
I went to sleep that night like all other nights and before I closed by eyes I remember saying “I miss you baby girl.” Then somewhere during that night .. I found myself standing in a meadow right next to a dirt road. I looked up the hill to the left and there was my Annie at the top of the hill .. running as hard as she could run down that dirt road to me. The next thing I remember I was on my knees and holding her.. and I hugged her and hugged her and buried my face in her beautiful fur. In that moment I knew when I left this life she would be waiting for me and I would walk with her forever. Being able to hold her for that moment caused. all the loneliness pain guilt sorrow to lift. I remembered most of all, she missed me as much as I missed her. I then remember walking up that dirt road with her. That next morning, I woke up slowly as if I had been away for awhile and stood up in my room thinking what just happened? I wasn’t afraid or anything. Instead I just had an incredible peace.
I have thought much about that night since then and can say with all of my heart this..
God gives us dreams of them to help us with the ‘missing.’ I call them dreams here but in reality I am convinced God allowed me to visit her one time to let me know she was safe, more beautiful than ever, missed me as much as I missed her and that I would not only see her again but walk with her for all eternity.
Some may dispute this experience I don’t care … I know, I know, I know what happened was as real as me sitting here writing this short note, and I know God allowed it so that I would share with others the joy that lays ahead.
I wrote this post to let everyone know their babies are safe and miss you as much as you miss them.
I agree. God loves all his creations and that includes our sweety dogs. They go to heaven. We will be with them again. I know so too.
Thanks,I really needed that.
Hugs to all
Dale
I lost my fur baby Hurley Bear Feb 17th. She was 4 months shy of turning 12. I got her when she was 8 weeks old. I sobbed while reading this. I’ve had moments of peace, for example: I was walking my other fur baby, I had this imagine of her pop on my mind of her walking with us. Her ears were pinned back, happy as could be, she looked back at me as if to say, “I’m so happy, mom. I’m okay!” It was broad day light and it happened only a few days after she passed. I’m still waiting for her to come visit me in a dream and I know it will happen. She was my first fur baby aside from a family pet. She got me though some of the hardest times of my life and saved me countless times. I can’t wait to be reunited with her one day soon. I know she’ll come running as fast as she can. Thank you for this. It’s given me peace.
I wanted to jump, shout and cry reading your post. That ‘tiny’ moment on your walk with your other baby was a visit with her the Lord allows these to let you know she is okay, happy, and misses you. Good Lord these are the visits my post talks about. Sometimes they are framed as dreams, but sometimes they are just are you described ‘moments’ out of the blue you think you’re imagining her with you.. BUT SHE IS REALLY THERE. The veil between heaven and earth is thin, thinner than we think and often .. God in His goodness removes that veil for a visit. You just made my day. Not only that you got to spend a moment with her but that you’re letting others know these times are real, that they happen … and they can happen for everyone … we call them times ‘heaven touches earth’. Ask the Lord for these moments and don’t quit asking until they happen.
GOD BLESS YOU AND EVERYONE HERE WITH THE MAGNIFICENT MOMENTS HEAVEN TOUCHES EARTH AND we’re with them again, even for a brief moment.
Jamie
Could you please post this to my pinterest “Do Dogs Go To Heaven’ blog https://www.pinterest.com/pin/616993217674528500/. i’ll add my comment after you add your post. People just have to hear what you have to say.
I lost my dog last few days ago. I can’t accept her death & being blame myself. After i saw this , i got pleasure for my baby. Thank u
I first want to say how sorry I am she has passed. It is incredibly difficult. And, it is so easy to blame ourselves, ‘what if I would have done this or that.’ I know those questions all too well. I also know they come because of the incredible love and sense of responsibility we have for them. They are our all in all. But I tell you truth, in that place there are no questions, all that slips away and all that’s left is the joy of picking up where we left off.
We lost our baby just yesterday, she was only a year and a half. So very young and not enough time with her! Both my husband and myself are heartbroken and miss her so very much! To see your post about our beloved pets going to heaven gave us such comfort and peace, as that was a question in our minds; will we see our baby girl, Jetta, again? We now believe we will! Thank you so much! May God bless you!
Dear Rose
I personally replied to your email too. I’m so sorry for the loss of your baby girl, the pain is like no other. It’s never a good time for them to go, but a year and a half is too soon and twice the heartbreak. Yes you’ll be with her again, that is guaranteed. A friend of mine had a little three-legged grey cat that passed. One night my friend had a dream that all of a sudden she was in heaven and immediately her little gray cat ran up to her saying ‘where have you guys been, I’ve been looking all over’. She was so happy to see her but even happier to see her little cat had four legs, not three. That brought her joy.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are a blessing from God to us! Your words gave us such comfort and brought joy to my heart! I hope that I can dream of her just to hold her again and see that she is well. I do whisper now, I will see you again my baby girl!” “I love you forever, my Jetta Lynn!”
Hi Annie Marie!
I am reading these amazing words you wrote, and they are like medicine to the pain my heart is feeling.
My baby dog passed away two days ago, and I feel devastated. I really ask to God the opportunity to dream with her, I don’t understand why she should go so fast, we just shared 10 months together. I found these words and they are very awesome, they give me hope.
Thank you for sharing your amazing “dream” with us, it was a gift from God to calm your suffering.
Hi Eli
Thank you for sharing about your loss, I am so incredibly sorry this happened. Oh my goodness, ten months is not long at all. it is too short. Believe me .. that she is waiting for you with incredible longing and excitement. But until then I pray for you, and everyone here, that God allows you to hold her one more time, not only for you, but for her too. They miss us as much as we miss them.
Thank you for answering and for your prayers too. She was run over on October 4th,and she was born on January 4th, she was so loving with me and my family. Her absence is felt in the house, and I don’t know how to understand and accept her death. Some people say that she was just an animal, that we can get a new one, but she was my baby and part of my family and life.
However, knowing that others are facing the same, and that are people who understand the pain is a relief and a way of having support.
Have a good night, and thanks again!
Dearest Eli
Sadness came over me as I read how your baby passed. It is unimaginable the incredible fear and horror then to even now. I want to say how sorry I am 1000 times but know these words, actually no words, comfort the depth of your heartache.
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I wish I knew how to accept their passing, I wish I knew the words to say, but I don’t. But I know God does. He had the answer. And if He did this for me He will do it for you. He’s like that, yes He is.
Look now dear Lord at the heartache Your children carry over the loss of their loved ones. I give thanks for the time with Annie You gave to me, and now humbly Lord I ask You to give the same to them. Ease their suffering Lord I pray.
I am sad for those who have never known the love of a pup, how they cherish us and adore every moment with us. We are their everything, their reason for being here. They are our family, our children. They are amazing gifts.
I know with every ounce of my being that all of our wonderful animals will be
in heaven and are there ahead of us and playing with others who are there ahead
of us. I am planning on having one huge gathering of wonderful playmates from
all of those who were on earth before us and they will all help us have a great
party together over and over again forever. GOD loves all of us or none of us
would be here is my belief.
That’s the spirit!!
I lost my keeshond almost 11 years ago. Such a sweet dog. I have a Norwegian Elkhound and he is almost 11. I know that time is coming and my hearts already!
We are hearing dogs are meant to live longer lives than previously supposed. Some 25-30 years. I hope this for your baby now.
Hi! I recently lost my beloved Spice and am having a really tough time continuing on without her. Your experience provided me with much comfort. I am currently trying to put my grief into something positive by decorating my bathroom with all things Spice. This is just an idea, but it would be pretty neat if you could make your printout of the lovely sentiments that were communicated to you by God into something that a person could personalize and print out for themselves. I am not very tech savvy, but it would be providing the opportunity for a customer to drop a photo of their own dog into the background and having your beautiful words superimposed over the top. I could print it out at home, and put a lovely frame around it. I would spend good money for something like that!
I cannot tell you how excited I am you wrote about this. What a lovely memorial idea, of sorts, the possibilities are endless. What I did and didn’t know how to bring it up .. but I know it’s from the Lord is .. I bought a pretty windchime, hung it on a tree that overshadows my back deck, and prayed .. Lord when Annie is near bring a wind to stir the chimes. You can think that is silly but I tell you this .. when there is a strong long stirring of wind on a calm day and the chimes sound .. that is when she comes to mind and I see her in my dreams. This is not the normal windy day type event, it’s usually a calm day when the chimes stand out. I wish I knew more about this but I do know the Lord is kind and gracious and does many things to soothe an aching heart.
Just stumbled on this blog. Just lost my fur baby, Belle a few days ago and have fallen into an awful depression. I feel like I have lost my lifeline. I also feel so guilty that I didn’t put in extra time. I knew her health (bad heart) was failing, but she still seemed so active. I saw her in the morning and she died alone in the back yard later. I should have known it was coming. She followed me around everywhere, but she also liked to run along the back fence to make the dogs behind us bark. I miss her so much. A couple of weeks ago, when she came to lay beside my desk, I looked in her eyes and asked her what I would do when she was gone, but she didn’t answer. I have spiritual belief, but I so need to know I will see her, my little Sarina from 8 years ago and our Pepper from years before. I still have our little Chihuahua (up in years too) and I’m trying to keep her close. They are our angels and are never appreciated enough.
Hi Kathy. So sorry for your loss and completely understand how you feel. I can feel through your post how much you love your Belle. There is an emptiness when they are gone. I lost one of my babies this summer and am comforted knowing that she is waiting for me on the other side just like your Belle, Sarina, and Pepper will be waiting for you. I pray the Lord gives you dreams of your precious ones and comforts your broken heart.
Hi Kathy
Thanks for sharing. I’m sorry for your loss, it is hard, If I may share three things I hope bring you comfort. The first is Belle wasn’t alone in that back yard that day. She was with her angels sent to bring her home. The second is Belle knew her leaving would be just too difficult for you to bear and choose to quietly go. The third is Belle, Sarina, and Pepper are absolutely in heaven, they miss you as much as you miss them and they wait patiently to see you.
What I share here and in other posts are not fables but truths. I am a Christian, I write about the things God shows me so others will know His goodness.
Thank you. I can’t tell you how much I need to know that.
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It’s 2021 and I just wanted to thank you for sharing the depths of personal journies, and the pictures of your little ones. Not sure if it is like this with you but for me, looking into these sweet little faces I see the incredible love they have for you, they glow with thankfulness and gratitude to be yours and to be called by your name. We gave them our homes, care, and every ounce of love we had. They knew they were totally cherished and loved, if we could have given more we would have. They wait for us.
Thank you for your inspiring words.
It is incredibly difficult to talk about the moment our little ones left, grief is ridiculously cruel. Here we are not alone but surrounded by the similar paths of others. I thank those that share the insurmountable painful moments of the day that changed everything. Its their stories that lift the fatigue of guilt, and their stories that heal the bruise of grief. You all are the real inspiration in this place. Thank you!
Thank you for your insperation and help my family and I have just lost our beloved pug Gus he was like a brother to me and he was our Pitbulls best friend he was there to comfort me when I was down and we will all miss him very much ♥️
Annie Marie, having lost 2 of my beloved pets, really my best of friends and forever companions , well since I came upon your beautiful picture and soulful words, have not yet had dry eye. My little rescue I was blessed with for 7 yrs out of her 14. And my big boy I raised from 9 weeks until he was diagnosed with cancer, at 13 yrs. My little girl Katie, was oh so loving therapy dog at the huge hospital locally. My big guy was very active in SAR… search and rescue, with quite a few long but successful finds. Both the losses were within 3months of each other. I must say though even through many tears and heartache, I’m ever so proud of “the helping crew”.
Would you ever consider selling the photo and your words? I’m aware of things like copyrights, etc. Please consider this and let me know. Meanwhile Many Thanks for beautiful work, that means so much to so many.
I got chills reading your words. The love and life you poured into your little ones and how they in turn, poured into others is a story in itself. I applaud your sacrifice. I hope you share your story with others and consider posting it here? We’d love that.
I am sorry for your loss. I hear your love and ‘missing’ for them in every word. It’s hard, I know. The pain is immeasurable and only those that love animals understand.
The legacy you and your ‘crew’ leave is just as immeasurable and follows you all into eternity. You did good!
I have no copyright on this work. Freely I received, freely I give. My only hope is that somehow somewhere it serves as a measure of comfort knowing they wait for us and the reunion far surpasses the pain.
Thank you so much for sharing, I applaud your labor of love.
Hi Charlene
I posted a reply, please let me know if you didn’t receive, I’ll resend.
Computers are great when they work 😉
Thank you again!
Natalya
I’m so sorry for your loss. I pray God comforts you and your family but I also ask God to give you dreams or meetings with Gus now. It’s possible. Heaven really isn’t all that far away as some might suspect. It’s closer than we think and God is even closer. He’s watched every moment we’ve spent with these little ones and feels the ache in our hearts now. He gives these precious little ones to the most loving souls like yourself. For you we are grateful. Thank you for your love and faithfulness.
I am so sorry. The pain of them leaving is cruel I know. They are our family I am unsure how anyone could think differently. But it warms my heart how loved he was, he knew it too. What a good mom you are. Soon, very soon we will see them again.
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I was surprised that you aren’t more popular given that you definitely possess the
gift.
Your words are most generous! Thank you.
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