Words of solace at what I know is a very sad and difficult time for your family, having had to let your beloved Angelo go. I had a dream the other night, and all the dogs I've lost were in it! They were young and frollicking about with the energy of puppies and youngsters, and they had full vibrancy and vigor and health such as they'd known in their prime! Angelo was there, too! I was greeting mine in a frenzy of tearful, hairy, slobbery hugs and kisses, and I suffenly felt this nose nuzzling at my back as if to say, "Hey! What about me!" I turned my head, and there was Angelo, smiling as big as a jack-o-lantern and wagging his tail so hard his whole body wagged with it!!!! I said, "Angelo, you're here too!", and embraced him with the same fervor with which I'd embraced my own. He responded by licking me clear across my face! They (the dogs) all seemed to know each other, and it was like a big party. When I woke from the dream, I had tears streaming down my face but was still smiling from the feelings of joy it provoked in me. I thought about it for a long while befoe deciding to share it with you. I didn't want to make you sad by bringing the subject of his passing over up, you see. But then I thought, "How stupid... as if she is thinking of anything else!!" And besides... it was a happy dream... an emotional reunion of sorts! I don't know if its of any solace to you, but I HOPE so. Because I truly believe I saw your boy, and he is fine! BETTER than fine..... he's young, vigorous, unimpaired by the restrictions of a failing physical body, and FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless you forever, Angelo... may you and mine and all the other animal companions who've crossed before and will cross after you know peace, joy, serenity, and a happy life filled with running, playing, and all their favorite foods in the afterlife. Till we join you there over that rainbow bridge, keep wagging those tails!
I know we'll be re-united in the end. Love is eternal and non-negotiable....Carol
