NanciK
Super Pooper Scooper
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Post by NanciK on Jan 17, 2007 21:40:19 GMT -5
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Post by caryn on Apr 27, 2007 22:20:32 GMT -5
The Rainbow Bridge poem was posted on the old CBER bb. I don't know who wrote it originally. It touched my heart and makes me cry each time. These words also inspire me, so I thought it would be nice to have them posted here.
The Rescuer and The Rainbow Bridge
Unlike most days at Rainbow Bridge, this day dawned cold and gray, damp as a swamp and as dismal as could be imagined. All of the recent arrivals had no idea what to think, as they had never experienced a day like this before. But the animals who had been waiting for their beloved people knew exactly what was going on and started to gather at the pathway leading to The Bridge to watch.
It wasn't long before an elderly animal came into view, head hung low and tail dragging. The other animals, the ones who had been there for a while, knew what his story was right away, for they had seen this happen far too often.
He approached slowly, obviously in great emotional pain, but with no sign of injury or illness. Unlike all of the other animals waiting at The Bridge, this animal had not been restored to youth and made healthy and vigorous again. As he walked toward The Bridge, he watched all of the other animals watching him. He knew he was out of place here and the sooner he could cross over, the happier he would be.
But, alas, as he approached The Bridge, his way was barred, he would not be able to pass. Only those animals who were with their people could pass over Rainbow Bridge.
With no place else to turn to, the elderly animal turned towards the fields before The Bridge and saw a group of other animals like himself, also elderly and infirm. They weren't playing, but rather simply lying on the green grass, forlornly staring out at the pathway leading to The Bridge. And so, he took his place among them, watching the pathway and waiting.
One of the newest arrivals at The Bridge didn't understand what he had just witnessed and asked one of the animals that had been there for a while to explain it to him.
You see, that poor animal was a rescue. He was turned in to rescue just as you see him now, an older animal with his fur graying and his eyes clouding. He never made it out of rescue and passed on with only the love of his rescuer to comfort him as he left his earthly existence. Because he had no family to give his love to, he has no one to escort him across The Bridge.
The first animal thought about this for a minute and then asked, "So what will happen now?" As he was about to receive his answer, the clouds suddenly parted and the gloom lifted. Approaching The Bridge could be see a single person and among the older animals, a whole group was suddenly bathed in a golden light and they were all young and healthy again, just as they were in the prime of life.
"Watch, and see" said the second animal. A second group of animals from those waiting came to the pathway and bowed low as the person neared. At each bowed head, the person offered a pat on the head or a scratch behind the ears. The newly restored animals fell into line and followed her towards The Bridge. They all crossed The Bridge together.
"What happened?"
"That was a rescuer." The animals you saw bowing in respect were those who found new homes because of her work. They will cross when their new families arrive. Those you saw restored were those who never found homes. When a rescuer arrives, they are allowed to perform one, final act of rescue. They are allowed to escort those poor animals that they couldn't place on earth, across The Rainbow Bridge.(Author Unknown)
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Post by swissgrl on May 24, 2007 10:28:19 GMT -5
boy just looking through the "Gone" Page makes me cry. I remember so many of them, I know I really was working on my BF to get Dior, and just when he broke, she had shipped. So many beautiful horses lost!!!!
Thank you for keeping them in our thoughts, the story is beautiful Caryn. I'm in the same boat, cry every time I read it.
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Post by atticus on May 24, 2007 10:40:37 GMT -5
Juno is the one that always kills me, I was trying hard to figure out a way for her and I never thought she would ship....I kick myself. That exact color and body type has always been my dreamhorse. Anytime I get frustrated and want to give up helping these horses I go back and look at Juno's pics and it revives me.  So sad to lose them. |
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Post by Britney on May 27, 2007 21:56:59 GMT -5
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Post by afinenettle on May 27, 2007 21:58:12 GMT -5
Its ok. Whenever I NEED to cry I know I can always go to that page....
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Post by hystyle on May 27, 2007 22:55:45 GMT -5
Juno was the hardest for me as well. I think of her when I look at my boy. He is a beautiful dapple grey PMU perch X. She was so beautiful and we had no time, she went so quickly. I hate to see any ship, but she was the one that hit me the hardest.
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Post by gypsy79 on Aug 3, 2007 14:43:37 GMT -5
I'm with you Atticus and Hystyle! I miss Juno. I would have liked to get her. I know there were many that just wanted to chase the truck down and hijack her! I was sad to see her go. She was the drafty mare I could have had!!!
It's okay to cry. I cry too. I feel like every tear is a special whisper of "you are gone but not forgotten" to all that were lost and now running carefree over the rainbow bridge.
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Post by michellep on Jan 15, 2008 19:14:39 GMT -5
All of them that have shipped bothered me, especially Shasta. He had such a look on his face that said all he wanted was someone to love him. I get so infuriated when people say "a feedlot horse must be there for a reason, somethings got to be wrong with it". I just dont understand that mentality. I finally got my husband to sit down and look and read some of these horses descriptions, and then look at the ones that shipped. He is a believer now also that these horses ended up here because of a human that didnt care. Godbless the ones that have passed on, may they rest in peace.
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So sad to lose them. 
