Enlightening Experience

Rainbow Bridge

The Rainbow Bridge is the theme of a work of poetic prose written some time between 1980 and 1992, whose original creator is unknown. The theme is of an other-worldly place to which a pet goes upon its death, eventually to be reunited with its owner.
    • Gold Top Dog

    Enlightening Experience

    Hi all,
    Just thought I would share a little story with you, as sometimes our furbabies let us know that they're okay and waiting for us at the bridge. This happened in November 2003
     
    It was 3 days after Candy had passed away, and Thanksgiving was over, and everybody was trying to get back to their busy lives. Guilt still plauged me, and so did all of the "what ifs". I was also doubting that there was a next life or that she wouldn't want to go because I hadn't said goodbye. She went very fast, and we didnt' know what to do.
     
     It had been raining since she passed away (ironic I suppose). I was comming home from work one day, it was maybe about 4:00 pm and the clouds started to go away.

    Normally I have my tape in the player in the car (my car is old and doesn't have a CD player) but today for some reason I had the radio on. I was driving down the road and I pulled into my neighborhood and a new song came on the radio. The words made me tear up and cry, and I had to pull over because I couldn't see the road through the tears. (I'll post the lyrics at the end) When the song was done, I looked up and realized that not only had it stopped raining and it was starting to be sunny, but an amazing rainbow flew across the sky- from horizon to horizon. I had never seen something so beautiful. It was in that moment that I felt that Candy had said goodbye to me and told me that she was okay and not in any more pain. That is when I truly felt relieved. I still cried, but in my heart I knew she was safe.
     
    Anybody else have similar stories??
     
    When I look to the Sky by Train
     
    When it rains it pours and opens doors
    And floods the floors we thought would always keep us safe and dry
    And in the midst of sailing ships we sink our lips into the ones we love
    That have to say goodbye
     
    And as I float along this ocean I can feel you like a notion that won#%92t seem to let me go
     
    Cause when I look to the sky something tells me you#%92re here with me
    And you make everything alright
    And when I feel like I#%92m lost something tells me you#%92re here with me
    And I can always find my way when you are here
     
    And every word I didn#%92t say that caught up in some busy day
    And every dance on the kitchen floor we didn#%92t dance before
    And every sunset that we#%92ll miss I#%92ll wrap them all up in a kiss
    And pick you up in all of this when I sail away
     
    Whether I am up or down or in or out or just plane overhead
    Instead it just feels like it is impossible to fly
    But with you I can spread my wings to see me over everything that life may send me
    When I am hoping it won#%92t pass me by
     
    And when I feel like there is no one that will ever know me there you are to show me.
     
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    Wow - I don't have any beautiful stories like that, but I wish I did.  It gave me goosebumps (the good kind).  Thanks for sharing it [:)].
    • Gold Top Dog
    Im hapy to hear youve gotten a sign from your angel, I know how much that must mean to you.  She will be waiting for you [sm=angel.gif]
     
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    Wow, what an awesome thing to experience.  I've always liked that song, and now I'll attach even more meaning to its lyrics.  I wish I would experience something like that - I think it would help me to know that Tonka (who we lost just over 2 months ago) is happy and that the "what ifs" did not negatively affect him as I'm imagining.
     
    I remember when my aunt died of cancer several years ago - she was buried in early spring in northern New Hampshire on a wet, dreary grey day.  During the funeral mass, at exactly the moment that the priest was commenting on my aunt's continual cheerfulness and smiling nature, the sun suddenly broke through the clouds, and for just a few moments, one side of the church was bright with color from the stained glass windows.  Everyone commented on how it was like she made her presence known, and that she wanted us to know she was happy.
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    That's a beautiful story.  I'm a fan of the song and of Train.
    • Gold Top Dog
    excellent post. I also find comfort from grief and mourning in the song "Miracle of Love" by the Eurythmics from the Revenge album, circa 1987.
     
    How many sorrows
    Do you try to hide
    In a world of illusion
    That's covering your mind?
    I'll show you something good
    Oh I'll show you something good.
    When you open your mind
    You'll discover the sign
    That there's something you're longing to find ...
     
    chorus:
    The miracle of love
    Will take away your pain
    When the miracle of love
    Comes your way again.
     
    Cruel is the night
    That covers up your fears.
    Tender is the one
    That wipes away your tears.
    There must be a bitter breeze
    To make you sting so viciously -
    They say the greatest coward
    Can hurt the most ferociously.
    But I'll show you something good.
    Oh I'll show you something good.
    If you open your heart
    You can make a new start
    When youre crumbling world falls apart.
     
    chorus repeats.
     
    words and music by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (the Eurythmics)