Abbey

 This is absolutely the best!

 

We don't know who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter department who understands Love...

 

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 that we could, so she  dictated these words: 

 

Dear God,  
Will  you please take care of my dog?  
Abbey  died yesterday and is with you in  heaven.  
I miss  her very much. 

 

I 'm 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 & Meredith and 
addressed it to God/Heaven. 

 

We put our  return address on it. 

 

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 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'm 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