In Memory

 Winterbauer's Schatzekind

1990 - 2006

Rainbow Bridge!

  Just this side of heaven I believe, is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

Schatzekind was very very dear to me and when he  left me,

That Special little Dachshund went to Rainbow Bridge.

To meet up with Michel and Chelly, his Fur Parents.

There are meadows and hills for all of them,  so they can run and play together.

There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and they are warm and comfortable.

 The three who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor;

By the Grace of God they are made whole and strong again,

Just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.

All the animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each

Miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes,

 when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance.

With bright eyes intent and with eager body beginning to quiver,

 these precious little friends begin to run from the group,

flying over the green grass, on legs running faster and faster.

I have been spotted, and when I and my special friends finally meet,

We will cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.

Their happy kisses will rain upon my face; my hands again caress the beloved heads,

 and I will  look once more into the trusting eyes of my pets, so long

Gone from my life but never absent from my heart.

Then we cross Rainbow Bridge together...

Goodbye, Kleiner Liebling, until we meet again..

~Juda ~

(The story comes from ancient Norse tradition.)