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If I wasn't pregnant, would I be crying right now?

I just read this on a blog and now I sit here bawling with my DH looking at me like I'm crazy.. 
 
There is a God ... in the Post Office 

This is one of  the kindest things I've ever experienced. I have no way to know who sent  it, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the  US postal service.


Our 14 year old  dog, Abbey, died last month.The day after she  died, 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  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 play with balls and to swim. 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. I recognized Abbey 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

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