As I struggled with letting our Vet give Sophia the injection to put her to sleep, I cried and prayed to the Lord asking if there was a place in heaven for her. If I would see her again one day?

The next morning I just opened my Bible to a "random" page and started reading Ecclesiates Chapter 3. Even then, the question was being askeed, who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the animal goes down into the earth? All have the same breath.

Then as the Vet injected my little Sophia (She had grown very old, had dimensia, and was in unbearable pain. She had gotten to a place where the medicines did not even comfort her and she never slept longer than a few minutes at a time then awoke whimpering. If she had not been in so much pain I would have let her go "naturally" but felt this more merciful to her. Yet, I struggled with this decision for weeks.)

As she was injected she whimpered and looked at me with what looked like fear in her eyes. Before going to this appointment I had read Ecclesiastes and asked the Lord if He would send angel guides for Sophia. As she looked at me I petted her and said to her "It is ok Sophia, it is time for you to leave that old body full of pain and go with the angels to a better place where you will no longer be in pain." Almost the instant I finished saying this,the fear left her eyes and I believe I saw the look of Love and trust she always gave me in it's place,and she just crossed her paws over top of my hand that was on the table and simply laid her head down over them.

I "felt" that the angels had taken her. I said to the vet and the vet assistant through my tears, "It's ok, she is gone now." The Vet assistant said "Oh no, it is too soon for the meds to have taken effect. " Yet the Vet took her stethoscope and checked and confirmed that indeed, this was true.

I believe there is a place in heaven where one day we will see our beloved pets again one day. I believe that God will send Angels to carry them there. How else could my little Sophia have passed with such peace?

That evening, a friend sent the poem RAINBOW BRIDGE to me. I cried as I could picture this reunion that will take place one day.

Not only that, but ALL my Loved ones will meet me there...how AWESOME IS OUR GOD THAT HE PROMISES "NO MORE CRYING, NO MORE PAIN...we will have new bodies. I can hardly wait!!!

As the years have gone by I still miss my little Sophia...but I know we will meet again one day in that place of Glory.