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Title: We don't know who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service.
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Published: Aug 6, 2011
Author: Jan Jenson
Post Date: 2011-08-09 01:06:27 by wudidiz
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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 we could so, and 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 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 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 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: We don't know who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service. 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 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'm easy to find. I am wherever there is love. Love, God
by Jan Jenson on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 9:12pm 
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#1. To: wudidiz (#0)
Dear God Why have you made your worshipers such a bunch of groveling stoooooopid nitwits? I mean, as an omnipotent being I figured you'd be a little smarter than creating a race of materialist rubes that have forgotten you gave them free will and freedom. So God, you're fired. You can't be real and I'm tired of giving you money....plus ODIN!!! thinks you're a big pussy. Love, Flint
Aw, c'mon. Admit it it's touching. I have cherished every one of my little 4 legged friends and I can understand how this little girl felt. Softy that I am I still tear up when I think of my special little friends - particularly Rags (the bestest dog there ever was) and Tom (the most loving cat I've ever known) and my little princess cat Stormy, and little Tia - whom I called Tiadorable. So, sure she was fed a fairy tale but it was done in the spirit of what some men call Godly.
I don't think it's "touching". It's a fairy tale, and it's wrong to teach children fairy tales are truth. Ask any Catholic (Christian), they know (believe) animals don't have a "soul". Ask any Buddhist or Hindu and they'll tell you animals are but an intermediary incarnation to oneness with "god" We need to worry more about what is happening in this life, now, and worry less about what if anything awaits us in the next one.
#4. To: Flintlock (#3)
On one level I agree and on another I don't. I'm not ambivalent and I agree with the basic ethics, but on the other hand giving comfort to a little girl brings out the softy in me. As for different religions and their dogma that is a tough philosophic question. I try to avoid criticizing others beliefs except when they are clearly destructive. I'm not a Catholic so while there are some elements of their philosophy I agree with there are things I disagree with as well. Oh, and you were right on Hindus but that is not a Buddhist belief, or at least not as it was at its inception as created by Buddha. There has been a lot of twisting of his philosophy since by others, but Buddha, in his own lifetime, NEVER claimed Godhood saying instead that he was a man like any other.
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#3. To: Original_Intent (#2)
Aw, c'mon. Admit it it's touching.
Replies to Comment # 3. ...it's wrong to teach children fairy tales are truth.
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