THROWN TO HEAVEN

                      Copyright © Vickie Thayer | Year Posted 2019

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PROLOGUE: My little dog ran out the front door, right into the path of a speeding truck. The incident was swift and she met her fate. I cried for days and felt that it was all my fault. She was the best dog I ever had, I thought to myself, as I wiped another tear from my cheek.

Weeks passed by, then months, but I had not once forgotten her. Every time the mailman honked his horn for me to come out for a package, I expected to hear her barking, or all the times I awoke in the middle of the night, for a bathroom break and thought I heard her following me, as her little toenails tapped with each one of her steps, as if reminding me it was time for a nail trim.

In the mornings she always patiently waited for me as I made coffee and prepared her daddies breakfast, then she'd beg for his scraps when he finished.

Those are memories ingrained in my thoughts. But the memory that I can't shake is the day she got hit by that truck. I often tried to reason with my guilt, after all It was just an accident. But my guilt always won, telling me it was preventable. I could have put her leash on her before opening the door or I could have went out the side door instead, or.., It was a merry-go-round of guilt.

The one thing I missed more than anything else was when she cuddled up to me when I was feeling really crappy from a bad day. I have chronic pain and the warmth of her next to me seemed to make me feel better. Also, all the times she comforted me when we lost our cats and family members to untimely deaths. Somehow she always knew when I was in pain, whether it be physical or emotional, she just knew.

When a pet or person is taken swiftly from us, it seems logical to me, that they are "Thrown To Heaven." There is no better way to describe it, for me. It seems maddening that a beautiful person or pet would be taken that way, without warning or without the comforting beauty and grace of them being able to climb the stairs thru the gates of heaven. There are many ways to be thrown to heaven and I have much insight on the matter.

1. ___CHAPTER ONE___

__ Reasons__

There are many reasons that some people die quickly, like my little dog and are sadly thrown to heaven. The number one reason (as far as I'm concerned) is by murder or by an unfortunate accident. Some examples would be by way of a car accident, or an over dose of illegal or prescription drugs, or maybe by suicide. In this crazy, wicked, upside down world that we all live in, there are (unfortunately) many murders and some accidents that go unsolved. There are some murders that are made to look like accidents, that can eventually be prosecuted by means of circumstantial evidence...but it takes time. Murder is the only crime that has no statute of limitations connected to it, except in (extreme cases) when there was no speedy trial surrounding the initial arrest and that happens very infrequently.

How would you feel if your own sister or brother were to die suddenly? How would you feel if the coroners report determined that their death was undetermined? I would say for myself that I would feel compelled to find out what happened. What if just days before their death they called you to tell you something and you listened to their voice mail message and you could hear the distress in their voice?

to be cont.., soon.

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