Goodbye My Sweet Pet

For anyone who has had to make the heart-wrenching decision to put their beloved pet down, I write this. Someone I love very much is going through this tormenting moment of pain and loss right now, and my heart and eyes weep for her as my tears dampen the keyboard. I know what she is feeling.

Pets become a part of our hearts- we adopt them as family right from the start. We cast all our love on their kind, gentle souls, but, like you and I- they too, grow old.

When we grow tired and weary, God gave us a choice- we have doctor's and care, but our pets have no voice. We may understand why we're changing this way, but a creature's language is shown in his actions each day.

What they do with their bodies, how they act towards a friend- is their way of saying their time's at an end. And, as wonderful a gift as our "Free Will" can be, it pains us to choose our loved pet's destiny.

When we see them in pain, our hearts say one thing- when we see them lash out, we deny what truth rings. For we don't want to lose the precious one that we've loved- but like humans on earth they'll live on up above.

Oh. I know how you weep at making this choice- as you speak for your pet as he has no voice. You are kind, you are loving, and I know you have tried- to ration and reason with the truth that's inside.

No one said life was easy, of this we can say- and I know you're heart's breaking on this tragic day. But, trust in your heart what your instincts have said- That God is guiding you amongst all your dread.

I weep for you now as I know your heart aches- but my love is with you as your decision you make. God gave you the gift of some wonderful years- with a pet who was healthy and healed many tears.

But now it's his time, for he's not the same pet- and I say this with sadness, with tears and regret. "For every thing there's a season," remember, and then, "A place for every purpose, under Heaven."