One year ago tomorrow, I passed to the Bridge

It will be a year tomorrow since I passed to the Bridge. The last thing my mom does every night, before shutting down the computer, is scratch my nose on her desktop and tell me goodnight.

I came from a puppy mill...and I lived a hard life, but in the end, I lived a loving andblessed life. While I passed way too early, at the age of 4, due to the abuse and neglect at the puppy mill, I also found a love with my mom that knew no bounds. I was one of the lucky ones.

My hope for every pup, and for every animal, is that they all feel the love, and find the companionship, that I found with my mom. My prayer is that one day there will be no more puppy mills, and no more precious lifes cut short, like mine, because of the life that exists within the mills.

I am sending you all rainbows from the bridge to color your lifes with love.

Honey

My Heavenly Friend, Snappy

Have you all met Snappy? He is such an awesome dog and had a hard life like mine. He was also a puppy mill dog and is now one of the angels up here with me, watching over all of you. He spent 7 years in a puppy mill. I just can't imagine. I only spent 1 year at a similar place, and I don't think any animal should even spend one day in such a place, much less 7 years. He was fortunate, like me, and got out and found a very loving father who taught him how to love and trust a human being. I'm telling you, it's not easy learning to trust after everything you go through in one of those places. But you know what, he just honored me by giving me a rosette. We are, indeed, kindred spirits. Thank you Snappy for thinking of me.

Until next time, we are sending you more rainbows to bring smiles to the people who cared enough to rescue us, and be patient enough to teach us to love.

Honey

A Rose to Share

Thank you Becky for the lovely rosette. If it's okay with you, I would like to accept it on behalf of all of the other rescue dogs who are up here on Rainbow Bridge with me. We all love flowers, both to give and to receive, and it is such an honor for me to have the rosette from you to share with all of my friends up here. Have a rainbow filled day!

Honey

Rainbows on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens

Roses in bloom, viewed from the beauty of Rainbow Bridge. The only thing more beautiful is seeing the smiles on the faces of my family as they glow from the kindness of the roses that have been bestowed on them this week.

And as I watched from high in the sky, an even more beautiful thing happened. I found friendship with some fellow puppy mill rescues on Dogster, who are either with me at Rainbow Bridge or still living in loving homes on earth.

In my early years, I had no favorite things. I only had fear, pain, heartbreak. During those days, even though I had "companions" in the form other other animals at the mill, I still only knew loneliness.

But you know what? The skies opened, the sun came out, and love came from "rescuers" who believed that I should feel and have all those things I never felt or had. A roof over my head, a lap to sit in, a face to kiss, quality food to eat, health care to help me live, someone to love me. It was such a wonderful thing and I felt like a queen. My mom told me I was royalty, that I should have had all those things all along.

But you know what, even though my life was so great in the end, I still knew all those puppy mill dogs were out there, and they were living in the conditions I had lived in. As I received messages this week from other dogs on Dogster, my heart was full. Others had made it out as well, and others found that love that I found.

Thank you to each of you who have rescued a dog, who have taken an unwanted animal, whether from a shelter, a family who could no longer care for the dog, or from a mill, all of us at Rainbow Bridge send you rainbows for your roses...


Honey

Angels sending good vibes my way

My mom always said that I was an angel. Now I really am. But I have friends here. Paco, my mom's original chihuahua, was here to greet me and take care of me.

I want to say a belated to thank you to all who have sent me rosettes in the past couple of weeks. To my new buddy, Tai-Pan, I am so glad we met. You are beautiful in more ways than one. Your mom was so lucky to have had you. NOw I'm lucky to call you a friend.

To Chi-Chi, who gave me a rosette just for being so courageous. You know, I fought hard to live a long life, but I guess I was needed at Rainbow Bridge a lot more. I was so scared of everything when I first came to live with my mom. Just like the cowardly lion, I found courage. Courage to live, to love, and to finally trust in the kindness of humans.

Mu Shu - you are a doll yourself! I love your face. But I imagine everyone loves your face. My outfit came from a store in Houston, but you can find them at www.chiwawagaga.com. They cater to chihuahuas, obviously, but they sell clothes to all small dogs. I bet you will look beautiful in it if your mom gets it for you!

I am oh so privileged to have received rosettes from each of you. Love to you all.

Honey