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~FM
11-19-2007, 08:55 PM
Saw this posted on another forum ... had to share.
Sweet Story
This is one of the kindest things I've ever experienced.
I have no way to know who sent it, but there is a kind soul working in the dead letter office of the U.S. Postal Service.
Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died 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 we could so she dictated these words:
Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in Heaven. I miss her very much. I am 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 play with balls and to swim. 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 and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then 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. Yes, 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. I recognized Abbey 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 am 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 am wherever there is love.
Love, God
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/FMluvswaterbabe/abbeyandmeredith.jpg
Through my tears I just wanna ask Jbb - when and why did you quit working for the U.S. Postal Service? :confused: ;)

maxwedge
11-19-2007, 09:28 PM
That is really sweet, and I damn near cried (thanks a lot), but it doesn't sound like the type of thing any postal employee I ever met would write. In fact I think it's far more likely that god actually wrote it.:D

Excessive Force
11-19-2007, 09:51 PM
AW hell...Theres something in my eye!!!

Goldilocks
11-19-2007, 10:03 PM
That is a great story :)

~FM
11-19-2007, 10:28 PM
I damn near cried (thanks a lot), but it doesn't sound like the type of thing any postal employee I ever met would write. In fact I think it's far more likely that god actually wrote it.:D
You're welcome a lot :D and postal worker or not God definitely had something to do with it IMO ;)
AW hell...Theres something in my eye!!!
Yes well me too :squiggle: and I hate to have something in my eye all by myself :o so I decided to give in to my generous nature :D

topless
11-20-2007, 07:37 AM
Wow, I was going to prove that this was a made up story and too good to be true but it is true. Thanks for sharing FM.
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/abbey.asp
Now let me go dry my eyes.

~FM
11-20-2007, 09:21 AM
Wow, I was going to prove that this was a made up story and too good to be true but it is true. Thanks for sharing FM.
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/abbey.asp
Now let me go dry my eyes.
Oh ye of little faith, Ali. ;) I appreciate the confirmation and the snopes version has the more detailed letter. Why would anyone have truncated it before sharing it around the net? :confused: I was going to edit the first post to include the full snopes version but it's not possible to highlight and copy just the text of the story. :squiggle: