I just downloaded the app... it already has me crying! One of the questions "Who do you think greeted your pet when they made their transition to the Other Side?" One of the last things my father said to Lady before she left us was that my Papa was waiting for her with the lamb.

Some back story, I grew up in a three decker (Boston term? It's a 3 apartment building). My family lived on the first floor, my aunt and her two sons on the second, and my mother's parents on the third. My nana was a HUGE animal lover. She took in stray animals, fed the birds in the school yard across the street every morning, etc. My papa could have cared less about animals for years. When my nana got sick and couldn't do the stairs every day out into the school yard anymore, my papa started feeding the birds every morning for her. Even if he didn't understand why she loved animals so much, he did it because of how much he loved her. Even when I was younger, I realized how special a love that was.

It wasn't until my cousin on the second floor got a French Bull Dog (Bruschi) that my Papa became the biggest animal softie around. Bruschi was just a puppy when he got him, he could almost fit perfectly in your palm. There had been plenty of cats throughout the years, but Bruschi was the first dog. Soon after, we got Lady. She was already a big dog (still a puppy but already full grown). She was a BIG dog, and in her early years she didn't LOVE men (except my father--she loved him the first moment she saw him). My papa was a bit afraid of her. Anyway, it took some time, but she warmed to my papa and they became best buds. He used to come down and visit us most mornings and he'd always bring some type of food (he was 100% Italian so food was his love language). He started bringing Lady treats, too, and he would often offer to walk her and then sit outside with her on our stoop and watch the world go by.

They were quite the trio--papa, Bruschi, and Lady. He loved watching them play in the backyard together. It cracked him up because of the size difference. You all saw the video of my dad giving her a WHOLE SANDWICH. Well, that was papa too. If he was at a dinner table, they would sit next to him with these big puppy eyes. He would always cave. He loved them both so much. He always said he couldn't play favorites, and he never did. He spoiled them both in only the way a papa can.

Both of my grandparents passed away years ago. Bruschi passed away a little over a year ago as well, and so I know, without a shadow of a doubt, my papa & nana & Bruschi greeted Lady when she left us. And just like my dad said, I'm sure he had the lamb.