Angels and Animals
Angel means "messenger," and these messengers come in many different guises. Here you can tell others what four-footed, two-footed, no-footed, or winged being brought you a message for which you are grateful.

Birds are messengers to me. They always find me as I plant trees wherever we have lived before retiring from the Military. One evening I held a dove in a warm towel near to my heart on the back patio, so that she could hear my heartbeat as she passed away. I cry when I find them quite often and bury them and place stones on top of their little gravesites. I hope to see them when I get to Heaven? Birds just always seem to find me.
- Anna, Phoenix   19 Nov 2009

Opie was the best dog I ever knew. He was a giant papillon I adopted from the pound. He pooped with his leg lifted and peed in a squat. Nothing about him was typically doggy. He loved the world regardless of his mood. Like most people he did not like everybody, (didn't like some other dogs) but not because he was judging them, but because he was jealous of them stealing the love he sought from all. He would go to the VFW and walk down the bar to say hello to the veterans. He could carry a beer on his back even though his mom was a teetotaler. His other mom is a recovering alcoholic and he loved her terribly much. He left her to move to NJ where he saved the life of a man going through some horrible times. He kept his other mom company and set an example for all the other dogs, foster dogs, in her care. When he died suddenly in the night, he took our hearts away for a long time. We try to survive his loss by taking care of other dogs who need our love and pray that someday we will meet
- Joanne FM, Highlands NJ   16 Nov 2009

My "angels" truly have wings! They are visible everywhere along the shores of my beloved Lake Michigan. I watch them year round. They teach me the most in Winter, however, when they put their little faces into the wind and soar high above the storms and gales - fully trusting and anticipating that they will be provided for right in the midst of these things. If Jesus had lived here, he would have rephrased the Sermon on the Mount, to advise us to "Consider the seagulls of the air..." Well, what can I say? He's already pointed them out to me and they have helped me write at least one song! I feel that he uses them to create a sort of "Sermon on the Beach"! I feel so blessed to live here near the Big Blue.
- Yvonne, near Lake Michigan   15 Nov 2009

Oh, how it does my soul good to see this space where people declare the love in their hearts for their special companions. I have long suspected and declared that animals are the angelic teachers here, guiding us gently to the warmth of love. My animal angels have taught me more about being human than I can express. The ones who have passed on still surround me, the ones who are here beside me still ground me. Thank you my loves!
- Sarah, Lubbock, TX   14 Nov 2009

Thank you for my angels I am greatful. May May all be well.
- jds, mo   13 Nov 2009

After having recently lost our beloved Andre', the king of our Cat Pack, I am curious about the ancient Egyptian custom of shaving one's eyebrows in mourning one's much loved feline companion. I can understand how grief would want to make it's public display, but does this ancient custom have anything to do with the eyes being the "windows of the soul" and are the eyebrows the curtains that shield those windows? Does the act of shaving the eyebrows pull away the curtains for all to bare the soul that has lost its loved one? Comments are welcomed. With a heavy heart...
- Vanessa, Connecticut, USA   12 Nov 2009

Thank you to my angels for being there for me~
- Anonymous, USA   11 Nov 2009

My girl, Maggie, has been gone for 26 days. A man and woman were seen taking her from our yard. She is the light of my life, my 6yr 5mt old Boston Terrier. At 8wks old, she clearly chose me to be hers. Angels, please keep my girl safe until she returns home to us. Her dad, BT brother, Jake, Pug sister, Lily and I love and miss her. Lord, I know you will place her back in my arms soon!
- Sue, Fort Worth TX   6 Nov 2009

I Miss my little Rusty I love very much
- jf, nc   30 Oct 2009

Hope all the Angels will help find all the missing people they need to come home
- geniema, nc   30 Oct 2009

To all my belove pets may tham all be with you now happy a free I will allway love you all
- jf, NC   30 Oct 2009

GRACIAS POR OFRECER ESTE MARAVILLOSO Y APACIBLE SITIO PARA PODER ENCENDER VELAS Y MEDITAR SOBRE NUESTROS PEDIDOS Y DESEOS. a.m.
- A.M., ARGENTINA   28 Oct 2009