Wow! So sweet! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you. That made my day. What a miracle for your sweet Meredith that her letter fell into loving hands :love: SHe will have that memory to cherish for life!

OMG....that is so moving....

Ah, love this so much.

Thanks for sharing. I remember reading this from another poster back in August. It made me cry then and made me cry now.

snopes.com: Letter from God about Abbey (Dead Dog)

This is a story from 2006. I remembered reading it right away. It is a very sweet story, though it is not about the op's daughter or dog. I'm sure she just forgot to say that.

This was one of the sweetest things I have ever read! Amazing!!!!!!!!

Beautiful story
 

Wow.. It brought tears to my eyes. I love my dog so much that when the though of her not being around crosses my mind I cry.:aimeeyork

Oh, ooops, I had no idea. Well it's very touching. I wonder if it's a true story or someone just made it up?

Origins: * Since October 2006, this story has come to us under a variety of titles, including "Going Postal," "Angels at the Post Office," "Angels Turn Up In Unexpected Places," and "This is a US Postal Service Story."

According to Cary Clack of the San Antonio Express-News, the tale is real. In mid-August 2006, the San Antonio family of Greg and Joy Scrivener and their three children suffered the loss of Abbey, their 14-year-old black and white dog. Driven by concern for their pet's future welfare, 4-year-old Meredith, the Scriveners' middle child, dictated the note quoted above to her mother, then enclosed it and two photos of the family dog in an envelope addressed "To: God in Heaven." This envelope, bearing the family's return address, was dropped into a mailbox at the Brook Hollow post office.

Two weeks later, the Scriveners found on their front porch a package wrapped in gold-colored paper and addressed "To: Mer." In the parcel, along with the letter from "God" quoted above, was a book by Fred Rogers (of TV's Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood fame), When a Pet Dies (a book that "helps children share feelings of the loss of a pet while offering reassurance that grieving is a natural, healing thing to do").

According to her mother, Meredith was comforted by the book and letter and was unastounded that God saw fit to write back. "She wasn't surprised because she had such faith that her letter was going to get to God." (The oldest of the Scrivener children, 6-year-old Andy, was impressed, though: He "thought it was pretty special his sister got a book from the angel," says his mum.)

While Mrs. Scrivener considered asking at the post office about the package, she decided against it. "I kind of like not knowing," she said. "I don't know who took the time to do it, but it was an angel. We all think about doing these things, but no one takes the time to do it."

Barbara "letter be" Mikkelson

Last updated: * 12 March 2007

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* * San Antonio Express-News. * 22 October 2006 * (Life; p. 1).

That's an awesome story. Thanks for sharing.

I searched for your name to find out who the soon-to-be-famous Colton322 is, and I'm glad I did. You sound like a great Yorkie owner, not to mention father, and we'll be cheering for you on Survivor.

Oh my goodness I'm sitting sitting here crying after reading this beautiful story. It took a very special person that had to love children to do this for little Meredith.

Balling away. Too sweet.