Letter to God Gets Response

I receive uplifting emails on a daily basis from friends and family members.  Before posting my favorite messages, I verify the stories with snopes.com.  The following message is a tear jerker and it's true, according to snopes.  Get your Kleenex....

Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month.

The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter

Meredith was crying and talking about how much she

missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to

God so that when Abbey got to heaven,

God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we

could so, and she dictated these words:

Dear God,

Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday

and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am

happy that you let me have her as my dog even though

she got sick. I hope you will play with her. She likes to

swim and play with balls. I am sending a picture of her

so when you see her you will know that she is my dog.

I really miss her.

Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey

and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our

return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps

on the front of the envelope because she said it would

take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven.

That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office.

A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet.

I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on

our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand.

Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called,

'When a Pet Dies.' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter

we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite

page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note: 


Dear Meredith,

Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a

big help and I recognized her right away. Abbey isn't sick

anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart.

Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven,

I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in so I am sending it back

to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to

remember Abbey by. Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank

your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a

wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.

I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.

By the way, I'm easy to find. I am wherever there is love.

Love,

God

Here is the link to check the facts of this story.  Kudos to the postal worker who comforted the little girl.  http://www.snopes.com/glurge/abbey.asp