Question:
I know I'm still in mourning for my beagle-mutt Rex, so I might just have been imagining things to feel better. But I swear on two occasions when I was busy cooking and had no thought of him in my mind I saw him on the patio, sitting in his favorite spot, and he turned and looked right at me as though to say, "I'm OK, Mama." And he looked the picture of health (he was a mess when he died of chronic kidney failure).Did Rex come back to comfort me and to say, "Yes, there is an afterlife"? I know you can't answer, but your thoughts would be appreciated. And thanks for sharing all those letters about how pets grieve and mourn the loss of a loved one.
C.P., St. Louis, Mo Feb 15, 2004
Answer:
Thank you for having the courage to share your experience of communicating with a deceased animal who came back to make you feel good. Rex's appearance could be interpreted spiritually as his angelic, healing presence, or instrumentally as your psyche creating an apparition of Rex because you miss him so much. But the latter explanation (which I don't accept) would not have the same power of comforting and reassuring you, and you would keep seeing him at those times when you missed him most. So, because Rex came to you twice so unexpectedly, I vote for the spiritual interpretation.I would love to hear from other readers who have had similar afterlife experiences with their deceased companion animals, so people like you might feel less alone.
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