COPY of the RAINBOW BRIDGE poem...anyone know how this started...??

[Pat's Crew]

NO idea where the Rainbow Bridge got started but been around for as long as I have used the net.
see it on all dog boards and message boards and different places on the net
Author Unknown

but really worth looking at...........a lot of meaning goes into this


THE RAINBOW BRIDGE POEM


Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

[Bustersmom]

I so love this, for me when I lose a beloved pet who is a member of my family, and to send to a friend in their time of sorrow.

[Pat's Crew]

I so love this, for me when I lose a beloved pet who is a member of my family, and to send to a friend in their time of sorrow.

very very true
I have sent it to a few friends over the years too..
I love it too

[tall grass pugs]

Does anyone have a copy of the rescuer's bridge, when the aged and the unclaimed and the wretched animals are denied the bridge until a rescuer is seen and claims them as their own---yes, I know, Lisa you may not buy into the rainbow bridge, but that piece certainly defines the importance of rescue to the animals claimed.