My friends, in whom I invested so much love, and who went missing -- God only knows where:

Socks
Bisquit
Sally
Roy
Pookie
Pinky

I miss each one daily; no balm can soothe the pain that is in my heart.

I read this post, written by a human being, among whom there are those who would say are the pinnacle of God's creation; but I say to myself, "How can this be?" By what right do we humans presume to be superior to any of the other millions of God's creatures? God did not say, "You are to have dominion over every creature," no -- He said: "You are to be responsible for every creature."

I sit here this evening at my desk, pondering the sheer wonderment that a human being would be so cognizant after 10 years, pining over a lost cat, but I cannot say that I have done differently. Socks has been missing since January of 2001. Bisquit went missing in August of 2005. Sally went missing one year later, and Roy the year after that. Pookie went missing in 2008. Pinky went missing a year and a half ago.

I would trade in all that I own, and live in a mud hut, if I those whom I loved would return to me. I pine and I mourn; the grief overwhelms.

Then I am reminded. There is a place called "Rainbow Bridge." A God-created and very real place where there awaits all of those we loved who have gone before. There our grief shall be assuaged; there the tears will be wiped from our eyes.

Socks is there, or will be. Bisquit is there. Pookie, Roy, Sally are there. Pinky is there. And so many more of my beloved who have gone before. And they are there even now as I write, with their new friend David. And they are happy. They are running and playing. And we shall see them.