Rainbow Bridge
Remembrance Day
August 28
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August 28 is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
Today is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day - let's take a moment to commemorate all the pets that have blessed our lives and moved on to the other side. Please feel free to share a picture or fond memory of a beloved pet that has passed.
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The History of Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
This day was first celebrated on August 28, 2013, when Deborah Barnes invented it to say goodbye to her cat, Mr. Jazz. She was an author and a blogger of Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles, which helped her get the word out about this day of remembrance. From then on, it has begun to gain a life of its own and now people are celebrating it all over the world.
Facts About Our Pet Friends
Pets are an integral part of so many of our lives, so any discussion of this observance day would be remiss without talking about the pets that are the centerpiece of this day. Below are some interesting facts about pets that most people are going to appreciate.
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Just about everyone has had a pet that has passed on and that’s why Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day is such an important day to so many people. This day is celebrated on August 28th every year and is a day on which people can remember the pet companions that have died over the years. This makes it a great day for pet owners to mourn the loss of their pets—pets that had become trusted members of their family.
The History of Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
This day was first celebrated on August 28, 2013, when Deborah Barnes invented it to say goodbye to her cat, Mr. Jazz. She was an author and a blogger of Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles, which helped her get the word out about this day of remembrance. From then on, it has begun to gain a life of its own and now people are celebrating it all over the world.
Facts About Our Pet Friends
Pets are an integral part of so many of our lives, so any discussion of this observance day would be remiss without talking about the pets that are the centerpiece of this day. Below are some interesting facts about pets that most people are going to appreciate.
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Over 85 million cats & 78 million dogs live in the United States.
- Approximately 40% to 46% of pet owners learned about their pets through word of mouth.
- 25%-27% of all cats acquired are picked up as strays.
- Cats spend approximately 20% of their entire day grooming themselves.
- Cats have more than 100 different vocalized sounds.
- A dog’s smell is so sensitive, it could detect a teaspoon of sugar in two Olympic swimming pools of water.
- A dog’s paw print is as unique as a human being’s fingerprint.
- Dogs aren’t completely color blind. They’re can see yellow and blue.
- Dog’s eyesight is better in low-light conditions than a human’s eyesight.
- Dog’s eyesight is better for tracking moving objects than human eyesight.
- Humans can see further distances than dogs.
- Dogs are capable of sweating—they just sweat through their paw pads.
- Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues.
- Greyhounds are the world’s fastest dogs with a top speed of 45 miles per hour.
- Less than 10% of dog owners throw a birthday party for their pet.
How To Celebrate Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
One way to celebrate Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day is by taking the time to remember past pets. This can be done by just having a remembrance party, visiting their grave, or by whatever other means a person wants to celebrate the lives of their past pets MUSIC IS NOT OURS NO CLAIMS TO IT AT ALL R.I.P. MY ROCKY BALBOA
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Rainbow Bridge Video Tribute to our beloved pets
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A message from the Rainbow Bridge
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The ‘Rainbow Bridge’ has comforted millions of pet parents. Who wrote it?
More than a dozen people claimed ownership of the beloved poem, but the real author had no idea what a global sensation it became.
By Rachel Nuwer 23 Feb 2023
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A 2009 oil painting of the “Rainbow Bridge,” by artist Stella Violano. “The way I see it, Rainbow Bridge leads to a vast and beautiful place that is wide open and not crowded where we all live happily together forever,” Violano says. “Ms. Clyne-Rekhy has created such a message of hope.”
Photograph by Painting by Stella Violano
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A photograph of Edna Clyne-Rekhy with her first dog, Major. After Major’s passing in 1959, she wrote “Rainbow Bridge.”
Photograph by Edna Clyne-Rekhy
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More than a dozen people claimed ownership of the beloved poem, but the real author had no idea what a global sensation it became.
By Rachel Nuwer 23 Feb 2023
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A 2009 oil painting of the “Rainbow Bridge,” by artist Stella Violano. “The way I see it, Rainbow Bridge leads to a vast and beautiful place that is wide open and not crowded where we all live happily together forever,” Violano says. “Ms. Clyne-Rekhy has created such a message of hope.”
Photograph by Painting by Stella Violano
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A photograph of Edna Clyne-Rekhy with her first dog, Major. After Major’s passing in 1959, she wrote “Rainbow Bridge.”
Photograph by Edna Clyne-Rekhy
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https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2023/02/the-rainbow-bridge-has-comforted-millions-of-pet-parents-who-wrote-it?utm_source=pocket-newtab
If you’ve lost a pet, you have likely encountered “Rainbow Bridge”—a simple but poignant poem about animal heaven and the promise of reunion with furry loved ones. Copies of the poem are regularly given to bereft clients by veterinary hospitals; references commonly appear in condolence cards and social media messages to grieving pet parents.
For all the millions of lives “Rainbow Bridge” has touched, though, the author of the poem has remained unknown—until now. She is Edna Clyne-Rekhy, an 82-year-old Scottish artist and animal lover. Until recently, she had no idea that the poem she wrote over 60 years ago—to honour her dog, Major—had brought comfort to so many others.
“I’m absolutely stunned,” she says. “I’m still in a state of shock.”
Clyne-Rekhy’s authorship likely would have been lost to history were it not for the tenacious sleuthing of Paul Koudounaris, an art historian, author, and cat owner in Tucson, Arizona. Koudounaris has spent the past decade working on a book about pet cemeteries and frequently encountered references to the “Rainbow Bridge” in his research.
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A photograph of Edna Clyne-Rekhy with her first dog, Major. After Major’s passing in 1959, she wrote “Rainbow Bridge.”
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“Early on I started to wonder, who wrote this?” he says. It bothered him that “a text with monumental importance to the world of animal mourning” remained uncredited.
The poem’s popularity, he discovered, was launched in February 1994, when a reader from Grand Rapids, Michigan, sent a copy of “Rainbow Bridge” that they had received from their local humane society to the advice column Dear Abby. “If you print this, you had better warn your readers to get out their hankies,” they wrote.
Abby did print the poem—and confessed to shedding “a tear or two”—but she also pointed out to her 100 million readers that the author’s name was regrettably missing. “If anyone in my reading audience can verify authorship, please let me know.”
No one came forward, but after that, “Rainbow Bridge” seemed to be everywhere. Starting in 1995, Koudounaris found records of 15 separate claims filed under the title “Rainbow Bridge” with the United States Copyright Office. He compiled a list of around 25 names he found with any connection to the poem and, one by one, looked into each and crossed them off as possible authors until he was left with just one: Edna Clyne-Rekhy.
He had found Clyne-Rekhy’s name after seeing reference in an online chat group to an Edna “Clyde” from Scotland who allegedly wrote the poem when her son’s dog died. Some Googling led him to Clyne-Rekhy, whose authorship of a book about her late husband and their dog made him jot her name onto the list—the only woman and the only non-American.
“What initially would have seemed like the most unlikely candidate in the end turned out to be the most intriguing candidate and, of course, the actual author,” Koudounaris says.
When Koudounaris finally reached Clyne-Rekhy in January and asked if she was the author of “Rainbow Bridge,” her first response, she says, was “How on Earth did you find me!?’”
Clyne-Rekhy’s story, which Koudounaris detailed earlier this month, began in 1959. She was 19 years old and grieving the loss of her Labrador Retriever, Major. “He died in my arms, actually,” she recalled in a call with National Geographic. “I dearly loved him.”
The day after Major died, Clyne-Rekhy was still “just crying and crying,” she says, when her mother asked her what was wrong.
“It’s Major,” Clyne-Rekhy replied. “I can’t put away this soreness.”
“Maybe write down how you’re feeling,” her mother suggested.
Clyne-Rekhy followed her mother’s advice. Sitting in the family’s lounge at their home near Inverness, she wrote a first line on a white sheet of paper: “Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.” From there, she says, the words poured out of her, filling the front and back.
The text went like this:
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, your pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water, and sunshine, and friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who have been ill and old are restored to health and strength, those who were hurt are made better and strong again, like we remember them before they go to heaven. They are happy and content except for one small thing—they each miss someone very special to them who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are shining, his body shakes. Suddenly he begins to run from the herd, rushing over the grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cuddle in a happy hug never to be apart again. You and your pet are in tears. Your hands again cuddle his head and you look again into his trusting eyes, so long gone from life, but never absent from your heart, and then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
“It just came through my head, it was like I was talking to my dog—I was talking to Major,” she says. “I just felt all of this and I had to write it.”
Clyne-Rekhy still has the original hand-written draft of the poem. When she showed it to Koudounaris, he says he immediately knew it was real. “The rest of her story confirmed it for me later, but I can’t fully explain the power of those sheets.”
Though she never published the poem herself, Clyne-Rekhy eventually did show it to a handful of friends. “They were all crying,” she says. They asked her if they could take copies home, so she hand-typed duplicates for them—but did not include her name.
Koudounaris suspects that it must have been passed person to person until it lost its connection to its original author—and eventually took on a life of its own. He also noticed discrepancies in the poem’s language that made him suspect it was much older than people assumed.
Some versions he read, for example, talked about animals “who are maimed and made whole again,” while others referenced animals being “returned to vigour.” These slight differences “let me know something important: That this has been travelling around for a while,” Koudounaris says.
Clyne-Rekhy spent years in India and later moved to an olive farm in Spain—a path that may help to explain why she was not aware of the poem’s growing popularity in Britain, the U.S., and beyond, Koudounaris says.
“Can you imagine?” she says. “Every vet in Britain has it!”
Koudounaris credits the enduring popularity and potency of “Rainbow Bridge” for many Western readers to the theological need it fills. Those who were raised Christian, he points out, were often told by parents or priests that animals lack souls and therefore will not join them in Heaven.
“‘Rainbow Bridge’ provides the missing piece for people who have had to live with this anxiety that their animal is not good enough to deserve an afterlife,” Koudounaris says. “It gives us a reason to hope.”
Kitty Block, CEO and president of the Humane Society, agrees that “Rainbow Bridge” has bestowed the world with “a vision that has brought comfort to millions grieving the loss of a pet.”
“Its enduring popularity shows how relationships to pets matter to so many people across all walks of life,” she says. “The intimacy of those connections can help us recognise our fundamental duty to care for animals, those who are part of our families and those in the wider world.”
As for Clyne-Rekhy, she says she already has concrete plans to be reunited with Major and her subsequent pets, whose ashes she has kept.
“We’re going to be scattered in the North Sea,” she says. “We’ll be food for the seals.”
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For all the millions of lives “Rainbow Bridge” has touched, though, the author of the poem has remained unknown—until now. She is Edna Clyne-Rekhy, an 82-year-old Scottish artist and animal lover. Until recently, she had no idea that the poem she wrote over 60 years ago—to honour her dog, Major—had brought comfort to so many others.
“I’m absolutely stunned,” she says. “I’m still in a state of shock.”
Clyne-Rekhy’s authorship likely would have been lost to history were it not for the tenacious sleuthing of Paul Koudounaris, an art historian, author, and cat owner in Tucson, Arizona. Koudounaris has spent the past decade working on a book about pet cemeteries and frequently encountered references to the “Rainbow Bridge” in his research.
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A photograph of Edna Clyne-Rekhy with her first dog, Major. After Major’s passing in 1959, she wrote “Rainbow Bridge.”
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“Early on I started to wonder, who wrote this?” he says. It bothered him that “a text with monumental importance to the world of animal mourning” remained uncredited.
The poem’s popularity, he discovered, was launched in February 1994, when a reader from Grand Rapids, Michigan, sent a copy of “Rainbow Bridge” that they had received from their local humane society to the advice column Dear Abby. “If you print this, you had better warn your readers to get out their hankies,” they wrote.
Abby did print the poem—and confessed to shedding “a tear or two”—but she also pointed out to her 100 million readers that the author’s name was regrettably missing. “If anyone in my reading audience can verify authorship, please let me know.”
No one came forward, but after that, “Rainbow Bridge” seemed to be everywhere. Starting in 1995, Koudounaris found records of 15 separate claims filed under the title “Rainbow Bridge” with the United States Copyright Office. He compiled a list of around 25 names he found with any connection to the poem and, one by one, looked into each and crossed them off as possible authors until he was left with just one: Edna Clyne-Rekhy.
He had found Clyne-Rekhy’s name after seeing reference in an online chat group to an Edna “Clyde” from Scotland who allegedly wrote the poem when her son’s dog died. Some Googling led him to Clyne-Rekhy, whose authorship of a book about her late husband and their dog made him jot her name onto the list—the only woman and the only non-American.
“What initially would have seemed like the most unlikely candidate in the end turned out to be the most intriguing candidate and, of course, the actual author,” Koudounaris says.
When Koudounaris finally reached Clyne-Rekhy in January and asked if she was the author of “Rainbow Bridge,” her first response, she says, was “How on Earth did you find me!?’”
Clyne-Rekhy’s story, which Koudounaris detailed earlier this month, began in 1959. She was 19 years old and grieving the loss of her Labrador Retriever, Major. “He died in my arms, actually,” she recalled in a call with National Geographic. “I dearly loved him.”
The day after Major died, Clyne-Rekhy was still “just crying and crying,” she says, when her mother asked her what was wrong.
“It’s Major,” Clyne-Rekhy replied. “I can’t put away this soreness.”
“Maybe write down how you’re feeling,” her mother suggested.
Clyne-Rekhy followed her mother’s advice. Sitting in the family’s lounge at their home near Inverness, she wrote a first line on a white sheet of paper: “Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.” From there, she says, the words poured out of her, filling the front and back.
The text went like this:
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, your pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water, and sunshine, and friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who have been ill and old are restored to health and strength, those who were hurt are made better and strong again, like we remember them before they go to heaven. They are happy and content except for one small thing—they each miss someone very special to them who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are shining, his body shakes. Suddenly he begins to run from the herd, rushing over the grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cuddle in a happy hug never to be apart again. You and your pet are in tears. Your hands again cuddle his head and you look again into his trusting eyes, so long gone from life, but never absent from your heart, and then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
“It just came through my head, it was like I was talking to my dog—I was talking to Major,” she says. “I just felt all of this and I had to write it.”
Clyne-Rekhy still has the original hand-written draft of the poem. When she showed it to Koudounaris, he says he immediately knew it was real. “The rest of her story confirmed it for me later, but I can’t fully explain the power of those sheets.”
Though she never published the poem herself, Clyne-Rekhy eventually did show it to a handful of friends. “They were all crying,” she says. They asked her if they could take copies home, so she hand-typed duplicates for them—but did not include her name.
Koudounaris suspects that it must have been passed person to person until it lost its connection to its original author—and eventually took on a life of its own. He also noticed discrepancies in the poem’s language that made him suspect it was much older than people assumed.
Some versions he read, for example, talked about animals “who are maimed and made whole again,” while others referenced animals being “returned to vigour.” These slight differences “let me know something important: That this has been travelling around for a while,” Koudounaris says.
Clyne-Rekhy spent years in India and later moved to an olive farm in Spain—a path that may help to explain why she was not aware of the poem’s growing popularity in Britain, the U.S., and beyond, Koudounaris says.
“Can you imagine?” she says. “Every vet in Britain has it!”
Koudounaris credits the enduring popularity and potency of “Rainbow Bridge” for many Western readers to the theological need it fills. Those who were raised Christian, he points out, were often told by parents or priests that animals lack souls and therefore will not join them in Heaven.
“‘Rainbow Bridge’ provides the missing piece for people who have had to live with this anxiety that their animal is not good enough to deserve an afterlife,” Koudounaris says. “It gives us a reason to hope.”
Kitty Block, CEO and president of the Humane Society, agrees that “Rainbow Bridge” has bestowed the world with “a vision that has brought comfort to millions grieving the loss of a pet.”
“Its enduring popularity shows how relationships to pets matter to so many people across all walks of life,” she says. “The intimacy of those connections can help us recognise our fundamental duty to care for animals, those who are part of our families and those in the wider world.”
As for Clyne-Rekhy, she says she already has concrete plans to be reunited with Major and her subsequent pets, whose ashes she has kept.
“We’re going to be scattered in the North Sea,” she says. “We’ll be food for the seals.”
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Il y a un pont qui relie le Paradis et la Terre.
On l'appelle le 'Pont de l'Arc-en-Ciel' à cause de ses nombreuses couleurs. Au bout du Pont de l'Arc-en-Ciel, il y a un pays de prairies, de collines et de vallées luxuriantes.
Quand un de nos compagnons décède, il va là-bas. Il y a toujours de la nourriture et un temps printannier. Les animaux vieux et faibles sont jeunes à nouveau. Ceux qui ont été blessés ou mutilés sont de nouveau en pleine forme. Ils jouent ensemble toute la journée.
Une chose manque tout de meme : ils ne sont pas avec ceux qui les ont aimés sur terre. Alors, chaque jour ils courent et jouent, jusqu'au moment où l'un d'eux s'arrete soudain de jouer et regarde en l'air. Son nez s'agite ! Ses yeux fixent l'horizon ! Et tout d'un coup, il s'éloigne en courant du groupe, volant au-dessus de l'herbe verte, ses jambes le portant de plus en plus vite.
Il vous a vu, et, quand vous vous rencontrez, vous prenez votre compagnon dans vos bras, et vous l'étreignez. Les bisous pleuvent sur votre visage encore et encore et encore, et vous dévisagez une fois de plus votre ami tant adoré.
Alors vous traversez ensemble le Pont de l'Arc-en-Ciel, pour ne plus jamais être séparé...
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Hay un puente que queda entre el Paraíso y la Tierra, y se llama Puente del Arco Iris.
Cuando un animal que ha sido especialmente amado por alguien aquí en la Tierra muere, entonces va al Puente del Arco Iris. Allí hay valles y colinas para todos nuestros amigos especiales, para que ellos puedan correr y jugar juntos. Hay mucha comida, agua y sol, y nuestros amigos se encuentran cómodos y al abrigo.
Todos los animales que han estado enfermos o que eran ancianos, recuperan su salud y vigor; aquellos que fueron heridos o mutilados recuperan lo perdido y son fuertes nuevamente, tal como los recordamos en nuestros sueños de días y tiempos pasados. Los animales están felices y contentos, excepto por una pequeña cosa: cada uno de ellos extraña a alguien muy especial, alguien a quien tuvo que dejar atrás.
Todos corren y juegan juntos, pero llega un día en que uno de ellos se detiene de repente y mira a la lejanía. Sus brillantes ojos se ponen atentos; su impaciente cuerpo se estremece y vibra. De repente se aleja corriendo del grupo, volando sobre la verde hierba, moviendo sus patas cada vez más y más rápido.
Tú has sido avistado, y cuando tú y tu amigo especial finalmente se encuentran, los dos se abrazan en un maravilloso reencuentro, para nunca separarse de nuevo. Una lluvia de besos cae sobre tu rostro; tus manos acarician nuevamente la cabeza amada, y puedes mirar nuevamente a los confiados ojos de tu mascota, tanto tiempo apartada de tu vida, pero nunca ausente de tu corazón.
Entonces los dos cruzan el Puente del Arco Iris juntos...
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Quando muore un animale che ci è stato particolarmente caro, quell;animale attraversa il Ponte dell’Arcobaleno.
Ci sono prati e colline per i nostri amici speciali che così possono correre e giocare insieme. è cibo, acqua e sole in abbondanza ed i nostri amici stanno al caldo ed a loro agio. Tutti gli animali che sono stati malati e vecchi tornano in salute e vigore.
Quelli che erano stati feriti o mutilati tornano ad avere il loro corpo integro e forte, proprio come ce li ricordiamo nei nostri sogni di giorni e tempi passati. Gli animali sono contenti e soddisfatti eccetto che per un particolare: tutti loro sentono la mancanza di qualcuno, per loro molto speciale, che hanno dovuto lasciare indietro.
Tutti corrono e giocano insieme ma arriva il giorno in cui uno di essi, d'improvviso, si ferma e fissa lo sguardo in lontananza. I suoi occhi vivi cercano. Il suo corpo scattante freme.
Subito inizia a correre via dal gruppo, volando sopra erba verde, sulle zampe che lo fanno correre sempre più veloce. Ti ha trovato, e quando finalmente reincontri il tuo amico speciale, vi riunite nella gioia per non separarvi mai più. Baci di felicità piovono sulla tua faccia, le tue mani di nuovo carezzano il corpo amato e tu guardi ancora una volta negli occhi fiduciosi del tuo animale, partito tanto tempo fa dalla tua vita, ma mai lontano dal tuo cuore.
E poi attraverserete il Ponte de Arcobaleno insieme...
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On l'appelle le 'Pont de l'Arc-en-Ciel' à cause de ses nombreuses couleurs. Au bout du Pont de l'Arc-en-Ciel, il y a un pays de prairies, de collines et de vallées luxuriantes.
Quand un de nos compagnons décède, il va là-bas. Il y a toujours de la nourriture et un temps printannier. Les animaux vieux et faibles sont jeunes à nouveau. Ceux qui ont été blessés ou mutilés sont de nouveau en pleine forme. Ils jouent ensemble toute la journée.
Une chose manque tout de meme : ils ne sont pas avec ceux qui les ont aimés sur terre. Alors, chaque jour ils courent et jouent, jusqu'au moment où l'un d'eux s'arrete soudain de jouer et regarde en l'air. Son nez s'agite ! Ses yeux fixent l'horizon ! Et tout d'un coup, il s'éloigne en courant du groupe, volant au-dessus de l'herbe verte, ses jambes le portant de plus en plus vite.
Il vous a vu, et, quand vous vous rencontrez, vous prenez votre compagnon dans vos bras, et vous l'étreignez. Les bisous pleuvent sur votre visage encore et encore et encore, et vous dévisagez une fois de plus votre ami tant adoré.
Alors vous traversez ensemble le Pont de l'Arc-en-Ciel, pour ne plus jamais être séparé...
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Hay un puente que queda entre el Paraíso y la Tierra, y se llama Puente del Arco Iris.
Cuando un animal que ha sido especialmente amado por alguien aquí en la Tierra muere, entonces va al Puente del Arco Iris. Allí hay valles y colinas para todos nuestros amigos especiales, para que ellos puedan correr y jugar juntos. Hay mucha comida, agua y sol, y nuestros amigos se encuentran cómodos y al abrigo.
Todos los animales que han estado enfermos o que eran ancianos, recuperan su salud y vigor; aquellos que fueron heridos o mutilados recuperan lo perdido y son fuertes nuevamente, tal como los recordamos en nuestros sueños de días y tiempos pasados. Los animales están felices y contentos, excepto por una pequeña cosa: cada uno de ellos extraña a alguien muy especial, alguien a quien tuvo que dejar atrás.
Todos corren y juegan juntos, pero llega un día en que uno de ellos se detiene de repente y mira a la lejanía. Sus brillantes ojos se ponen atentos; su impaciente cuerpo se estremece y vibra. De repente se aleja corriendo del grupo, volando sobre la verde hierba, moviendo sus patas cada vez más y más rápido.
Tú has sido avistado, y cuando tú y tu amigo especial finalmente se encuentran, los dos se abrazan en un maravilloso reencuentro, para nunca separarse de nuevo. Una lluvia de besos cae sobre tu rostro; tus manos acarician nuevamente la cabeza amada, y puedes mirar nuevamente a los confiados ojos de tu mascota, tanto tiempo apartada de tu vida, pero nunca ausente de tu corazón.
Entonces los dos cruzan el Puente del Arco Iris juntos...
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Quando muore un animale che ci è stato particolarmente caro, quell;animale attraversa il Ponte dell’Arcobaleno.
Ci sono prati e colline per i nostri amici speciali che così possono correre e giocare insieme. è cibo, acqua e sole in abbondanza ed i nostri amici stanno al caldo ed a loro agio. Tutti gli animali che sono stati malati e vecchi tornano in salute e vigore.
Quelli che erano stati feriti o mutilati tornano ad avere il loro corpo integro e forte, proprio come ce li ricordiamo nei nostri sogni di giorni e tempi passati. Gli animali sono contenti e soddisfatti eccetto che per un particolare: tutti loro sentono la mancanza di qualcuno, per loro molto speciale, che hanno dovuto lasciare indietro.
Tutti corrono e giocano insieme ma arriva il giorno in cui uno di essi, d'improvviso, si ferma e fissa lo sguardo in lontananza. I suoi occhi vivi cercano. Il suo corpo scattante freme.
Subito inizia a correre via dal gruppo, volando sopra erba verde, sulle zampe che lo fanno correre sempre più veloce. Ti ha trovato, e quando finalmente reincontri il tuo amico speciale, vi riunite nella gioia per non separarvi mai più. Baci di felicità piovono sulla tua faccia, le tue mani di nuovo carezzano il corpo amato e tu guardi ancora una volta negli occhi fiduciosi del tuo animale, partito tanto tempo fa dalla tua vita, ma mai lontano dal tuo cuore.
E poi attraverserete il Ponte de Arcobaleno insieme...
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Rainbow Bridge (Pets)
Story
Story
The story tells of a lush green meadow just "this side of Heaven" (i.e., before one enters it). Rainbow Bridge is the name of both the meadow and the adjoining pan-prismatic conveyance connecting it to Heaven.
According to the story, when a pet dies, it goes to the meadow, restored to perfect health and free of any injuries. The pet runs and plays all day with the others; there is always fresh food and water, and the sun is always shining. However, it is said that while the pet is at peace and happy, it also misses its owner whom it left behind on Earth.
When its owner dies, they too arrive at the meadow, and that is when the pet stops playing, turns, sniffs at the air and looks into the distance where it sees its beloved owner. Excited, it runs as fast as it can, until owner and pet are once more united. The pet greets its former owner in great joy while the human looks into the soft, trusting eyes of the pet, who might have been gone and absent on Earth but never absent in the heart. Then side by side, they cross the Rainbow Bridge together into Heaven, to play again and be together in love and happiness, never again to be separated.
Authorship
In February of 2023, authorship of the original story was confirmed by National Geographic Magazine as Edna Clyne-Rekhy, an 82-year-old artist from Scotland.
Having been circulated widely around the world, the prose poem's original authorship is uncertain. Among those who have claimed authorship are:
A Washington Post reporter opines that: "It is, in free verse form, 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' for an exploding $69 billion pet care industry."
Background
The concept of a paradise where pets wait for their human owners appeared much earlier, in the little-known sequel to Beautiful Joe, Margaret Marshall Saunders' book Beautiful Joe's Paradise. In this green land, the animals do not simply await their owners, but also help each other learn and grow and recover from mistreatment they may have endured in life. But the animals come to this land, and continue to true heaven, not by a bridge but by balloon.
The first mention of the "Rainbow Bridge" story online is a post on the newsgroup rec.pets.dogs, dated 7 January 1993, quoting the poem from a 1992 (or earlier) issue of Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League Newsletter, which in turn is stated to have quoted it from the Akita Rescue Society of America. Other posts from 1993 suggest it was already well established and being circulated online at that time, enough for the quotation of even a single line to be expected to be recognized by other newsgroup readers.
In philosophy
Either the Rainbow Bridge, or a very similar belief known as Lesser Heaven, can be used in metaphysics and theology as a response to the problem of animal suffering. The problem of animal suffering is itself an attempted rebuttal to the Heaven Theodicy, which is in turn a response to the traditional problem of suffering concerning humans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(pets)
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According to the story, when a pet dies, it goes to the meadow, restored to perfect health and free of any injuries. The pet runs and plays all day with the others; there is always fresh food and water, and the sun is always shining. However, it is said that while the pet is at peace and happy, it also misses its owner whom it left behind on Earth.
When its owner dies, they too arrive at the meadow, and that is when the pet stops playing, turns, sniffs at the air and looks into the distance where it sees its beloved owner. Excited, it runs as fast as it can, until owner and pet are once more united. The pet greets its former owner in great joy while the human looks into the soft, trusting eyes of the pet, who might have been gone and absent on Earth but never absent in the heart. Then side by side, they cross the Rainbow Bridge together into Heaven, to play again and be together in love and happiness, never again to be separated.
Authorship
In February of 2023, authorship of the original story was confirmed by National Geographic Magazine as Edna Clyne-Rekhy, an 82-year-old artist from Scotland.
Having been circulated widely around the world, the prose poem's original authorship is uncertain. Among those who have claimed authorship are:
- Paul C. Dahm, a grief counselor in Oregon, US, claimed to have written the poem in 1981, and published it in a 1998 book of the same name (1981, ISBN 0-9663022-0-6).
- William N. Britton, author of Legend of Rainbow Bridge (1994, ISBN 0-9645018-0-5)
- Wallace Sife, head of the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement, whose poem "All Pets Go to Heaven" appears on the association's website as well as in his book The Loss of a Pet
A Washington Post reporter opines that: "It is, in free verse form, 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' for an exploding $69 billion pet care industry."
Background
The concept of a paradise where pets wait for their human owners appeared much earlier, in the little-known sequel to Beautiful Joe, Margaret Marshall Saunders' book Beautiful Joe's Paradise. In this green land, the animals do not simply await their owners, but also help each other learn and grow and recover from mistreatment they may have endured in life. But the animals come to this land, and continue to true heaven, not by a bridge but by balloon.
The first mention of the "Rainbow Bridge" story online is a post on the newsgroup rec.pets.dogs, dated 7 January 1993, quoting the poem from a 1992 (or earlier) issue of Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League Newsletter, which in turn is stated to have quoted it from the Akita Rescue Society of America. Other posts from 1993 suggest it was already well established and being circulated online at that time, enough for the quotation of even a single line to be expected to be recognized by other newsgroup readers.
In philosophy
Either the Rainbow Bridge, or a very similar belief known as Lesser Heaven, can be used in metaphysics and theology as a response to the problem of animal suffering. The problem of animal suffering is itself an attempted rebuttal to the Heaven Theodicy, which is in turn a response to the traditional problem of suffering concerning humans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(pets)
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'Rainbow Bridge'
🌈Remembrance Day for our beloved cats 💕
This is one day you would not overlook. The loss of a cat or a kitten is a heartbreaking 💔 event. On 'Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day', August 28 🌈 we keep in mind the beloved kitties who are no longer between us. 😍 😻
Mourning the loss of a pet is a horrible experience. Honor all the pets you’ve ever loved, who have crossed over that 'Rainbow bridge' 🌈 into a better place.
Dear cat lovers, our heart 💗 goes out to all of you who have loved and lost a beloved cat (or a pet) in your life. Each loss leaves a hole in our hearts, we have loved and lost them, but we will NEVER forget them and their PURRs 😻 are always in our hearts and will make them v-i-b-r-a-t-e forever 💓
August 28 is a day set aside to remember all of the furry family members who we have so much loved. Take a moment today to remember those who are not longer by our side BUT WHO ARE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 💕
Many of us believe that our cats cross over to a place called the 'Rainbow Bridge' 🌈 when they die, and they wait for us there until our lives end so we can meet again. Whether or not you believe in the 'Rainbow Bridge', this day is a good opportunity to think about the cats that have been so special to you and to honor their memories. 😺
Mourning the loss of a pet is a horrible experience. Honor all the pets you’ve ever loved, who have crossed over that 'Rainbow bridge' 🌈 into a better place.
Dear cat lovers, our heart 💗 goes out to all of you who have loved and lost a beloved cat (or a pet) in your life. Each loss leaves a hole in our hearts, we have loved and lost them, but we will NEVER forget them and their PURRs 😻 are always in our hearts and will make them v-i-b-r-a-t-e forever 💓
August 28 is a day set aside to remember all of the furry family members who we have so much loved. Take a moment today to remember those who are not longer by our side BUT WHO ARE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 💕
Many of us believe that our cats cross over to a place called the 'Rainbow Bridge' 🌈 when they die, and they wait for us there until our lives end so we can meet again. Whether or not you believe in the 'Rainbow Bridge', this day is a good opportunity to think about the cats that have been so special to you and to honor their memories. 😺
History of 'Rainbow Bridge
🌈 Remembrance Day'
'Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day' was founded by Deborah Barnes 👏, author and blogger of Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles in tribute to her Ragdoll cat, 'Mr. Jazz', who she had to say goodbye to on August 28, 2013. She shared the journey of letting him go in her book, 'Purr Prints of the Heart – A Cat’s Tale of Life, Death, and Beyond', and the reaction from her readers was so overwhelming, she decided to create the day in his honor as a way for others across the world to share memories of their own pets they had loved and lost. Whether a pet with fur, fin, feathers, scales, or something else – one pet, or many – the day is meant to honor the pet in any way that feels most comfortable to the pet guardian. Thank you Deborah 💕
How Can We celebrate
🌈'Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day'
As using social media sites write a special blog post, or other methods like creating a special outdoor memorial.
There are many ways to observe this day. You can do it on your own, whatever suits you. Although if you are finding it too difficult, here are some suggestions on how to celebrate this cat day.
Share your memories with friends/relatives 😻
The finest way to recollect your furry friend is to recall happy memories and remember the good times. Call up a family member or friend who knew your kitty well and do a spot of reminiscing.
Share a remembrance 😽
If you enjoy sharing on social networks, post a photo of your cat, write a poem, share a favorite memory, upload a video and share a memory. To engage in conversation or join the others who are doing the same, use the hashtag #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay.
Look for old pictures 😹
Looking through old photographs or videos is one of the best way to honor. It’s a wonderful way to remember every one of the fun and happy years you and your cat(s) had.
There are many ways to observe this day. You can do it on your own, whatever suits you. Although if you are finding it too difficult, here are some suggestions on how to celebrate this cat day.
Share your memories with friends/relatives 😻
The finest way to recollect your furry friend is to recall happy memories and remember the good times. Call up a family member or friend who knew your kitty well and do a spot of reminiscing.
Share a remembrance 😽
If you enjoy sharing on social networks, post a photo of your cat, write a poem, share a favorite memory, upload a video and share a memory. To engage in conversation or join the others who are doing the same, use the hashtag #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay.
Look for old pictures 😹
Looking through old photographs or videos is one of the best way to honor. It’s a wonderful way to remember every one of the fun and happy years you and your cat(s) had.
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🌈 About The Rainbow Bridge 🌈
RAINBOW BRIDGE REMEMBRANCE DAY – August 28
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day | August 28
RAINBOW BRIDGE REMEMBRANCE DAY | AUGUST 28
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day on August 28th sets aside a day to remember the pet companions we’ve lost.
The death of a pet, whether furry, feathered, or an uncommon variety, is felt deeply. They become family and a familiar part of our lives. Mourning their death is different for everyone, and the observance provides a way to help heal the ache of loss.
The pain of loss is real. As each person travels through their grief, we remember the companionship and comfort they provided to us. Don’t forget that part of the relationship included care provided by you. The empty space left by the loss of a beloved pet is sometimes a difficult void to overcome.
Celebrate the home you provided and the joy your beloved pet brought you in return. When you are ready, you will know the time has arrived to find a new ‘critter’ to replace the emptiness felt. There are many animals yet to find a home. In time, you can be their new home.
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day | August 28
RAINBOW BRIDGE REMEMBRANCE DAY | AUGUST 28
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day on August 28th sets aside a day to remember the pet companions we’ve lost.
The death of a pet, whether furry, feathered, or an uncommon variety, is felt deeply. They become family and a familiar part of our lives. Mourning their death is different for everyone, and the observance provides a way to help heal the ache of loss.
The pain of loss is real. As each person travels through their grief, we remember the companionship and comfort they provided to us. Don’t forget that part of the relationship included care provided by you. The empty space left by the loss of a beloved pet is sometimes a difficult void to overcome.
Celebrate the home you provided and the joy your beloved pet brought you in return. When you are ready, you will know the time has arrived to find a new ‘critter’ to replace the emptiness felt. There are many animals yet to find a home. In time, you can be their new home.
HOW TO OBSERVE
RAINBOW BRIDGE REMEMBRANCE DAY
Take time to enjoy memories of your pet. Look through pictures. Consider a visit to an animal shelter if you feel ready. Volunteering time may help the adjustment. Use #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay to share on social media.
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EMEMBRANCE DAY HISTORY
Deborah Barnes founded Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day in honor of her cat, Mr. Jazz. Cats are fascinating and lovable, little friends to have around the home. We miss them when they leave us. Truthfully, it’s the same with any pet.
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Q. Who wrote the poem “The Rainbow Bridge”?
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Edna Clyne-Rekhy
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