Animals in SpiritAnimals in transition
Dogs Really Do Go to Heaven
When an Animal Touches Your Heart, They Remain With You Forever Life with animals is full of love and teachings. Four feet solidly planted on the earth, animals stay grounded when life may overwhelm you. They bring you into your heart where you can be more nurturing to yourself and more responsive to others. This world would not […]
Living a Good Life and Dying a Good Death—Lessons from a Chicken
As I went out to care for the chickens a few weeks ago, I noticed one of the chickens slowing down and withdrawing from the rest of the flock. The younger hens would run excitedly out to the grassy area to eat the day’s chicken scraps, but she would linger behind in the covered area near the hen house. She […]
The Transition of Smokie the Cat
Smokie came to live with us when the children were young and wanting and needing to care for a cat. My husband brought her home. A coworker had rescued her from two Rottweiler dogs playing with a black kitten in the back of a pickup truck. He actually rescued her from the jaws of one […]