Rescue from Across the Rainbow Bridge From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable By Regina Schneider If there is a heaven, it's certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them. ~Pam Brown Shortly after my cat Molly died in June 2010, I started having two seemingly different health issues. My left leg developed a weird kind of ache, and I started to have some problems breathing. My doctor said we all start having joint problems at a certain age, and the problem with my leg was probably some arthritis starting in. As to the breathing problem, she assured me it was probably just a combination of allergies and grief over Molly's death. After all, Molly had spent almost every day of her twenty-two years with me. Anyone who knew me knew it was going to take me a long, long time to accept her passing. She was such an amazing little cat. She was so stoic in dealing with anything that came her way — new cats in our household, her developing kidney disease, new relationships in my life. She was a quiet, little sentinel who was by my side no matter what. (Keep reading) |