Dear Lord,=20 please open your gates
and call St. Francis to come escort this = beloved=20 companion across the Rainbow Bridge.
Assign her to a place = of=20 honor,
for she has been a faithful servant
and has always = done her=20 best to please me.=20
Bless the =
hands that=20
send her to you,
for they are doing so in love and compassion, =
freeing=20
her from pain and suffering. Grant me the strength not to dwell on =
my=20
loss.
Help me remember the details of her life with the =
love she=20
has shown me.
And grant me the courage to honor herby sharing =
those=20
memories with others.
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and let her know that I = will always=20 love her.
And when it's my time to pass over into your=20 paradise,
please allow her to accompany those who will bring me = home.
Thank you, Lord, for the gift of her = companionship
and for=20 the time we've had together.
And thank you, Lord,
for = granting=20 me the strength
to give her to you now.
Amen.
- = =A9 Brandy=20 Duckworth, 1998
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