My readers know that I am a big fan of Laura Ingraham. She has a wonderful radio show and being close to the same age, I identify with her.
She’s also a CSG I admire.
One of the many things that I relate to Laura with is her love of her dog Troy. I am also a CSG with dog and love my own dog Dante to distraction.
Laura had to put Troy down this week.
I can’t even begin to describe her agony this week because I’ll get stupidly teary again.
My dog Dante is sick with a neurological problem (see above) and he will probably go the same way as Troy, just younger.
He’s doing well currently.
For Laura and Troy I can only describe a conversation with my SD about dogs and Heaven. He thought I was becoming too attached to Dante. He said, “If Dante is not in Heaven would you want to go there?”
I said, “I would still want to go to Heaven, but, if God asked me, I would tell him that my dog would be the icing on the cake.”
My SD, a solid ETWN priest, laughed at me.
I’m no theologian, but the new world, when we are resurrected will be this world perfected from what I can tell. I think Dante has a better chance of that minus the Grace of God. He would be part of eternal happiness for me. I can’t really describe what the perfected human thinks of happiness. I know that I’m a bad sin away from never knowing it.
The only thing I can say about dogs is that they never stop loving which is the closest thing outside of the love of my own family that I can think of when I think of God. So I’m betting they are waiting for us, if we get there.
As I mentioned before in my CSG and pets post, my dog fills the gap. I’m most grateful to God for him
To Laura and Troy, my prayers are with you.
CSG
