I got this from an email so I decided to make a post out of it. I hope everyone gets something out of it…
This is one of the kindest things you may ever see..
It is not known who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US 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 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:
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’m easy to find ~ I am wherever there is love.
Love,
God
Get off of your blog
Sorry couldn’t resist.
Nice story, presebtly dealing with these kind of foundational issues with my 3 and 6 year olds
Foundational issue number one.
Ask and yea shall recieve
I love Dogs!
Nice story. I have already heard about this. Could you imagine if CFnJ worked at the dead letter office instead of pimping Amazon goods from his windowless basement bunker?
Dear Abbey,
There is no God and your dog is dead and gone. Get over it.
Sincerely,
Charles Johnson
PS – You are a racist for “owning” a black dog.
@ Bill Jenkins:
Ha ha ha, so true!
@ Bill Jenkins:
…or for not loving one for all that is good on Gaia
Charles would say:
The Vlaams Belang, Catholic Church, Tobacco Companies and the Family killed your Dog!
Sorry for the early OT, but in the WTF dept:
Frum begging Chuckles to come “back”???
Now I know Frum’s a lunatic.
@ Scott Madsen:
Yes Owning a Black Dog is slavery!
/
Icaurs!
@ snork:
Frum is a Compassionate Conservative. He supports Progressive causes and was one of the cheerleaders of sending American Troops to die create a Democracy in an Arab country instead of cracking their heads open.
He’s on my Target list.
Is the avatar at 4 the one krik_t_semaj always talks about?
@ mjazz:
Yeah!
I like your Avatar!
@ Rodan:
I think it’s impossible to create a democracy in an arab country.
@ Rodan:
Black Dog?
@ Rodan:
Thanks. Some agaves get huge.
@ mjazz:
Thats what Bush and His Compassionate Conservative Crowd did after 9/11. Instead of leveling the Arabic-Islamic Empire and sending them into the Stone age, he sent our Troops to die to build them schools, Roads and a Democracy. That’s why I despise Bush and his crew. Frum was one of that gang. The Compassionate Conservative Crowd are Progressives in disguise. They are a 5th column and are not that different than Obama and his crew. They need to be removed from the GOP.
I only want to fight wars of destruction, not to spread democracy. Fuck the Islamic Empire!
Black Dog.
Progressives, Compassionate Conservatives, Nazis, Fascists, Maoists, 3rd Worlders, Bolivarians, Socialists, Marxists and Stalinists are all cut from the same cloth. They are all Progressives who want to reshape the world in an elitist image. They are all my enemies and I will take them all on!
Rodan wrote:
I got your 6.
Rodan wrote:
I sense an HBAC.
High blood alcohol comment.
@ Rodan:
When a majority of people are evil, then democracy doesn’t help anything. As John Adams put it, “our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly unsuited to any other.”
Rodan wrote:
Bullshit Rodan.
@ Poteen:
Yes, well its how I feel. I’m sick of Elitists manipulating Americans for their own agenda. Most of these various forms of Progressives never lived in the real world. They grew up isolated, went to elite schools and feel they know better than us. I’m tired of it. It’s our blood and treasure that’s spent on their silly ideas. We should be in charge and decide what to do with it.
Poteen wrote:
Highly bent atto shape?
@ pbird:
What’s Bullshit? They are all Progressive elitists who feel they know better. I’m a Libertarian leaning Conservative that believes in Individualism, Free market and no mercy to our enemies. I don’t believe in reshaping the world according to some elitist vision.
All those ideologies sprang from the Jacobins and the French Revolution. My Ideology sprang from the American one.
There will be a post very soon on the French Revolution and the origins of the Progressives.
Sweet letter from Abbey and a very sweet response!
Nice story!
Oh, shit. Chucky’s right. The Russians did it.
Not the CRUtape letters™ leak, the Norway spiral.
@ Eliana:
Yes, I love Dogs. They are just loving caring creatures.
I did a post on Hachiko The Akita.
http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2009/08/11/hachiko-the-loyal-japanese-akita/
They are gorgeous animals.
I has a tear….
*waiting until this thread goes OT*
Rodan wrote:
You’re painting with way too broad a brush with too many colors on it.
Rodan wrote:
no argument with that.
Just a reminder that men do 3 things well. They drink, fight and fuck.
But they can’t do any 2 at the same time.
Have a pot of coffee and take ‘em 1 at a time. You get hit less.
So sez the voice of experience.
And Meredith and Abbey makes me cry.
@ pbird:
Nope, Its call I did research and see the common origins of these Progressive Movements. See the term Progressive does not reference one movement. The better term is Progressive Movements.
I’m gathering details and will post very soon on the Jacobins and the French Revolution. I will contrast it with ours and it will show, who really is whom.
It all boils down to Elites who believe that can shape the world in their image.
@ Poteen:
See my 28.
Good Night all.
And there was a collective “Awwwww”
A great story.
Good news from the PNW.
Good riddance to bad trash. That district will almost certainly go R in ’10, now. And Baird was particularly bad news.
@ Rodan:
I love dogs, too!
There’s a very sweet story online somewhere about a bomb sniffing dog that was trained in Israel but now works in Montana. The police were shopping for bomb sniffing dogs and they found a place in Israel that had an excess of trained dogs, I guess, so Israel said the Montana police could have this beautiful and smart dog if they paid for his plane ticket.
Dogs are mono-lingual, though, so they sent a list of his Hebrew commands to the Montana police but his trainer couldn’t pronounce them properly. So the dog wasn’t sure what the police wanted and the training can’t be transferred to another language.
The trainer saw that a rabbi was going to the State Capital (which is where he and the dog work) so they watched the rabbi do a Chanukah ceremony. The dog could hear the rabbi speaking in Hebrew and he REALLY perked up!! Hebrew is his native language!
So the trainer got the rabbi to help him pronounce the words and the dog is now a star in his canine unit! He loves to hear his native language from the rabbi (who has someone else to speak to in Hebrew himself now — the bomb sniffing dog).
They are gorgeous animals and they can be so incredibly helpful!!
I’m always amazed at the stories of the dogs who live with disabled people and call 911 when they get sick, etc.
Amazing!
OK, looks like it is safe now!
factcheck.org just showed their true bias. Thank you Chuckie for bringing this to my attention.
here we go….
http://factcheck.org/about/
Politics? Ummm then why the sudden interest in AGW?
University of Pennsylvania? yes, totally unconnected to the issue so a valid authority and able to do a totally unbiased “Fact Check”?
I really am impressed when an independent expert group fact checks things.
Now let us recap… http://factcheck.org/ it is important you check the main page, that is where I stole my new avitar from (steam…) posted this, http://factcheck.org/2009/12/climategate/ where they claim,
OK, more than 1,000 e-mails between scientists at the Climate Research Unit of the U.K.’s University of East Anglia and the bit they missed out “other people” yes, the e-mails were not internal as you may have thought. Some (in fact 518 out of 1073, nearly 50%) contained the word Mann.
Mann?… who is this Mann?
So, it looks like factcheck.org has now departed from just
To, well read the “Fact Check” http://factcheck.org/2009/12/climategate/
Notice how the emphasis is on e-mails?
The real “Climategate” is the code, the programmers comments in the code and the “data”
OH!!! I very nearly forgot!
Factcheck.org
scholars within the University of Pennsylvania
Professor Michael E. Mann
Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC)
Department of Meteorology
The Pennsylvania State University
@ Possum:
Yup – liberals think that the real crime is the release of these emails and NOT the trillions and trillions of dollars that is being spent and lost as a result of the AGW HOAX!
Libs are caught with their pants down and it’s not a pretty sight.
@ Eliana:
A really good indicator is the lack of coverage a certain site has given to two recent developments.
1, the Darwin thing, the place not the guy.
2, the 6th grade kid video.
If I’m not mistaken, factcheck.org is funded by one of George Soros’ minions. Not remotely objective.
First thing I thought after reading that heartwarming tale was to check snopes. Apparently it’s a true story from a coupla years ago.
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/abbey.asp
I did some reading on factcheck.org
I may be wrong about Soros’ involvement, but it is funded by the Annenberg Foundation. Reading through their list of personnel is not confidence-inspiring if you are of a conservative mindset.
Before EE gets the hammer, here’s his legitimate opinion, seriously downdinged:
(Folks, if this has been covered in earlier comments, lemme know so I can quit raking the swamp.)
@ Bunk X:
Good for EE!
All his points are quite valid!
Bunk, that is the first I have seen of that particular swamp post be EE, bannee to be. Doubt he will last long. CJ has gone right round the bend.
So since EE’s opinion coincides with that of the Saudis, EE is wrong.
How do, Eliana & AOP.
EE started getting weird by comment #70 at 8:10PM. Only got two downdings while he backpedaled.
@ Bunk X:
So – if Saudi Arabia says tomorrow that the world is round, we’re supposed to say it’s flat to disagree with them, Charles??
I wonder if EE is an electrical engineer. That’s how members of that profession often refer to themselves.
Anyhow, I have to grab some shuteye here at the hole factory. maybe tomorrow night I will have some time.
@ Bunk X:
He’s in a place where they’re forced to say white is black and black is white when their master calls upon them to do so.
In this situation, if Saudi Arabia says “White is white,” then CJ forces all his minions to say, “No, this must mean that white is black or some other color because we’re not allowed to agree with anything that Saudi Arabia says at any time about anything.”
Chuck smacked down naive newbie Floral Giraffe.
@ Eliana:
Call Kirly! Incoming!
Folks are really spooked over there. Very few downdings. Not nearly as much fun to track as it was a couple of months ago. Everything in The Village is vanilla.
Gunnite, folks.
Mohammad hated black dogs
Abu Dawud #2839
Abd Allah B. Mughaffal reported the apostle of Allah as saying: Were dogs not a species of creature I should command that they all be killed; but kill every pure black one.
The Hadith’s note for #2839 says, “The prophet did not order the killing of all the dogs, for some are to be retained for hunting and watching. He ordered to kill the jet black ones. They might be more mischievous among them
Brian has a very interesting series of photos of an anti Castro rally in Havana showing a fellow being helped away after “fainting”.To me it looks like the “helpers” are not medical workers and are employed in a more sinister profession.
Muhammad had a lot against dogs
http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/dogs.htm#_Toc158088965
mawskrat wrote:
That comment was so Hitleresque. This prophet guy seems to have had some mental and emotional issues.
Good morning. That is quite a story , a wonerful little girl & her loved pet.
More OT Victor Davis Hansen has a long, long list as to why Obama’s approval ratings have suffered such a precipitous plummet, and he did not even mention Air Force One buzzing Manhattan. Don’t worry Mr. President, I can think of one blogger who has crossed over to your side.
Interesting thought though, Obama bows to the Saudi King and the Japanese Emperor, but snubs the King of Norway in his own country. One wonders why?
Bunk X wrote:
Passive Aggressive BS? What does that mean?
RIX wrote:
Good morning Rix and African Moondog!
Yes that is a nice story, what a wonderful person to have responded in such a beautiful way.
@ mary lee:
Good morning Rix and African Moondog!
Yes that is a nice story, what a wonderful person to have responded in such a beautiful way.
Good morning Mary Lee. We lost our dog of 12 years last April.
Really tough & I think of her at some point in the day every day.
This little girl never knew a day in her life without her dog, so very tough for her.
I just scrolled through the LGF overnight thread. When will I learn?
Charles is really into defacto censorship.
EE somebody suggested that there should be a rational inquiry into AGW & that the CRU emails are helpful.
CJ swings into action calling the guy a Saudi sympathiser amomg other things.
Naturally Sharmie & others piled on & not one person backed up EE.
I know what you are saying,I have lost two dog’s and also think of them a lot. It’s always very hard for an adult never mind a child.I had a little sun turtle that died when I was little and still remembe how sad I was.
@ mary lee:
We have a new puppy at home now. He is not a “replacement” dog, since that is not fair.
Losing a pet is very depressing. I really love dogs & they do
become family members in every way.
I don’t remember who said it, “I hope to become the person that my
dog thinks that I am.”
RIX wrote:
lol,I think it is a RIOT he’s going on Colmes radio show. He really hsa SEEN the light!
@ mary lee:
lol,I think it is a RIOT he’s going on Colmes radio show. He really hsa SEEN the light!
Oh man is that going to be a root canal,
Thing One & Thing Two swaping ignorance.
CJ really comes across odd on the radio, his voice is too high.
This is disturbing, FNC just had a clip of Admiral Mullin , our Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
He is saying that we are ‘Losing” in Afghanistan.
He says that we have to get troops there in a hurry.
Why did Obama dither so long?
@ mary lee:
Morning mary lee and Rix,
Our spaniel died when I was about 8 I never thought that such misery was possible. I still remember the anguish. The trouble with pets is that you know that you are probably going to out live them and I am afraid to say, with each passing, you get more and more inured to the fact. perhaps that is one of the reasons for having them, they help toughen one and prepare one for the big bad world.
RIX wrote:
As my parents always said to us, “now, what does that tell ya.”
RIX wrote:
Consider his voting record in the Illinois State Senate. Did any one expect a person who kept voting “present” to actually be decisive?
@ African Moondog:
Good morning Moondog. The thing about dogs is that they never judge you.
You could come home after committing an ax murder & tha dog just comes unglued & rushes to meet you
@ mary lee:
Yeah, it does tell me.
African Moondog wrote:
I agree we have three cats,one is 15 and know it will not be too long before she’s gone. That is not something i’m looking forward to.
Good Morning everybody!
Oh man now I am teary eyed from reading this story. Reminds me that I need to put out a little gift for my lady mail carrier for Christmas. She really tries not to be afraid of my dogs. They bark at her through the window and door and she calls out “hi puppies!” every time (she has known one of my dogs since it was teeny tiny-both were rescued when pups, big and pit-bull mixes!) But they bark at her how dogs do everyday; and I would be scared if it was me.
It’s 3am here…I got in 6hrs; fell asleep too early but my clock is totally messed up!
PS. Charles Johnson is projecting!
@ African Moondog:
Consider his voting record in the Illinois State Senate. Did any one expect a person who kept voting “present” to actually be decisive?
I guess that I consider his motives more sinister for delaying.
I have the kind of thoughts that would get me baned on the ever
tasteful Johnson’s blog.
RIX wrote:
Because that’s what he ment to do. Hanging our BEST out to dry.Bastards.
Because that’s what he ment to do. Hanging our BEST out to dry.Bastards.
Bingo, come on down! Tiffany show Mary Lee what she won.
@ mary lee:
I talked to a lady the other day; her boyfriend got deployment papers for Afghanistan. He’s out of San Diego and it is for around the first of January. It was all very unexpected and they had no idea-they just bought a condo. It is for 10 months-so something much be happening. Not sure what branch of the military..she said he is a doctor on a ship.
The five “American” Muslims that got busted for going to Pakistan to join the Jihad against our troops are being returned to the US.
Will the BHO Administration issue them apologies & make them all Czars?
RIX wrote:
Thanks Rix. Wish it were not so, but it is.
Worst President ever!
Mrs.Robinson wrote:
The sooner the better,God bless him and keep him safe.
@ RIX:
In #62 I asked the question
“Interesting thought though, Obama bows to the Saudi King and the Japanese Emperor, but snubs the King of Norway in his own country. One wonders why?” That question would get banned over there. That diplomatic gaffe against an allied country is more than a “nontroversy”, if it was a mistake it reeks of rank amateurism, if it was deliberate then give free rein to your sinister thoughts.
RIX wrote:
Lucky for them huh. THEY will be well taken care of no worries for them.
In the meantime Loppyd should be given an award for the best blog headline I have ever read:
Poll: Bottom Half Of Waitress Sandwich Losing To All Potential Republican Challengers
African Moondog wrote:
He’ got —– hasn’t he. Hey he’s the president of the world. He can and will do whatever he pleases.
Mrs.Robinson @ 82:
Most likely Navy.
@ mary lee:
Thanks Rix. Wish it were not so, but it is.
I agree with that. I would like our President to play for the home team.
Beltfed wrote:
lol, that’s ok Mrs R. I didn’t catch that either.
@ African Moondog:
I do assume the worst from Obama. It gives me no pleasure, but there ya go..
@ Beltfed:
Yep! I was going to say Navy, but I wasn’t told specifically.
@ mary lee:
He’ got —– hasn’t he. Hey he’s the president of the world. He can and will do whatever he pleases.
“People of Berlin, People of the World.”
“We are the Ones , That we have waited for”
Greek Columns.
Seems like a pattern of blind narcissism.
Yeah he’s a Navy Doc.
RIX wrote:
Yea, well so would I. Think I can safely say at this point it ain’t going to happen.
A lab technician is missing from Yale University, where a graduate student was found murdered about three months ago.
Well nice to see Yale hires all sorts ha?
Yep. I could have puked when he said at the Nobel award thing “Sometimes war is necessary”!
@ Nevergiveup:
Ok that’s freaky!
@ mary lee:
Yea, well so would I. Think I can safely say at this point it ain’t going to happen.
I know that there is a school of thought, “a pox on both their houses”
In this case I don’t see it that way. I want the Republicans to take
the House or Senate or both & build a firewall against Obama.
Latre Gators. See ya.
Awww, nice story to wake up to. This one also.
http://www.wfsb.com/news/21899775/detail.html
RIX wrote:
I don’t lgree with that either. That’s why this election in Ma. is so critical in Jan.
*sniffling and wiping tears from my eyes*
Morning everyone, Happy Friday!
vagabond trader wrote:
WOW VT, no mistaking that. By the way, Good morning!
Rightside wrote:
Morning Rightside! That was nice.
@ mary lee:
Morning Mary Lee! lol,love how the kids call the little guy Moses, covers all the bases.
vagabond trader wrote:
I know, that’s cute.
Good Morning All….it’s friday hooray
That was a lovely story to start the day with….still have a tear in my eye.
Just a drive by to say Good Morning and Happy Friday fellow netizens…
Now to get the grandsons off to school
Good morning ya’ll. Being an animal lover,I say Savage that was absolutely wonderful what you posted. Shows theres many sides to you and this is the best one. Bless you. Now I’m going to pimp something that is successful and important in these days of animal abuse and abandonment.
snork wrote:
Good grief Frum is insane! Go and feed pony tails ego.
African Moondog wrote:
This is one of the most disturbing things abt. the ROP. Dogs bring such joy to people.
To order the mass killing of such a wonderful creature really shows the blood thirsty cruel nature of ‘the profit’. I’m thinking a black dog recognized his true character and either bit him or just simply wasn’t friendly to him and feeling disrespected, the vindictive Mohammed summarily ordered their execution. I also bet he wanted to kill all dogs but knew that wasn’t advisable. Before Islam, people in the M.E. loved dogs. There are so many amazing breeds that come from that area of the world. When I think of dogs trying to stay alive there now, I could cry.
Islam never misses an opportunity to crush happiness.
@ Speranza:
Call me when Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity, Beck, Coulter and the rest of the REAL conservatives ask Chuckles to come back. Frum is nothing more than a Kathleen Parker without the skirt. Levin gave him a dressing down on his show that was priceless.
Great post, savage. I have a healthy 3 year old lab and I love him so much and I already miss him.
Love, love, love this post. I am a huge animal lover and have 2 dogs. Tears were welling up through the first letter, then the second one nearly had me weeping.
To bill jenkins’ #4, SO TRUE!!