REMEMBERING – Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
We will never forget!When a beloved pet dies, something in us is lost forever. We know we will never forget them, no matter how long they’ve been gone. Maybe we keep a commemorative, such as a pawprint in clay or a whisker tribute necklace. Sometimes we keep their ashes in beautiful boxes and urns. I have a bookshelf with their pictures beside my computer. Do I look at it every day? No, probably not. But knowing they are there makes me happy.
Sometimes we push those memories aside, not wanting the sadness of loss get in our way. We may resist, especially when the loss is new, and we are still haunted by their presence-a toy in a corner, a medication in the fridge.
Sometimes, in the chaos of our lives, we forget… for a moment; for an hour; for a day.
Let’s remember together.But today, Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, let’s bring them to mind, one by one. Let’s celebrate all the goodness, the greatness they gave us during their lives. Let’s do it together.
Deborah Barnes had to say goodbye to her cat, Mr. Jazz, on August 28, 2013. Deborah published an emotional book that detailed her journey of letting Mr. Jazz go, it was called “Purr Prints of the Heart – A Cat’s Tale Of Life, Death and Beyond.”
After the book was released Deborah received an overwhelming reaction from those who had read it. People reached out to Deborah to share their own stories of a pet passing, and Deborah realized that her journey was being mirrored by others and that a pet dying was a deeply emotional time for many.
So, in honor of Mr. Jazz, and for all the readers who were touched by her book, Deborah decided to create Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day as a chance for people across the world to share their stories and memories of pets that they have loved and lost. It was in 2015 that the holiday was first observed, and now each year on August 28 people are taking time out to remember their pets.
