01/25/2026
Read the comments on this post they are beautiful - but to answer his question yes they do join us in what we think of as heaven.
My dog died today. I had her for 16 years. My heart is broken.
Has anyone seen their pets in an NDE? I can’t imagine never seeing her again. 😭💔
I keep expecting to hear her footsteps, to feel her presence beside me the way I always did. Sixteen years is a lifetime of routines, quiet moments, and unconditional love. She wasn’t “just a dog.” She was family. She was a constant in a world that never stops changing.
What hurts the most is the silence she left behind.
I’ve been wondering—hoping—if love like that really just disappears. If a bond that deep can truly end. I’ve read so many near-death experiences where people speak about overwhelming peace, about reunion, about being greeted by those they loved. Some even say they saw their pets—healthy, whole, full of joy—running toward them like no time had passed at all.
I don’t know what’s true.
But I want to believe that love doesn’t have an expiration date.
If consciousness continues… if the soul continues… then why wouldn’t the purest love we’ve ever known continue too? She gave me loyalty without conditions. Comfort without words. Presence without judgment. It feels wrong to think that something so real could simply vanish.
Right now, all I have is grief—and the quiet hope that somewhere, somehow, she still exists. That maybe she’s free from pain, from age, from tired bones. That maybe, if there is another side, she’s there… waiting in the same way she always waited for me.
If anyone here has seen their pets in an NDE, or felt their presence after they passed, I would really love to hear your story.
Because tonight, my heart needs to believe that this isn’t goodbye—
just goodbye for now. 🐾💔
