Real Life Rainbow Bridge Stories

'My Little Angel'

by Shelley Bennion
(Tampa Florida)

I felt so much guilt after my cat Ginger passed. I felt like I just paid to have my best friend put to sleep. I thought my Ginger would never forgive me. But today I learned to face the fact that she was sick and suffering.

I talked to her after she passed, and told her why I did what I had to do. I have had several dreams of her since she has passed. To know that she is close by my side. I feel she has accepted what I did, was to help her. I feel her spirit around me every day. It's an amazing feeling to feel their loving spirit close by your side.

I now have another cat. And in my dreams they're sitting together. So I know she has accepted my other cat I got too. I know she is looking after my Buttons now. For she is sick and has heart problems that are going to turn into heart failure in time. I take every day as it comes, and know every day she has, is a gift from God. But I know when her time comes Ginger's going to be there for her, helping her. How special they are.

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