PARKER (excerpt)

There once was a dog named Parker. Parker was a good dog, but one day he got hit by a car and Parker died. At least that’s what everybody said.

So what does that mean? We don’t see Parker. We miss Parker. And Parker just one day up and died.

Mama Auset told Mama Love that only God decides about living and dying. But what does that mean? Why does He get to decide? And why did He pick Parker? Is it because Parker dug up the neighbor's rose bushes? Is that why? And if I do something bad, will God pick me, too?

Parker was a good dog and he died. Or some people say he “passed over”. Passed over to what? Where did he go after he breathed his last breath. Did he go to meet God in Heaven and if he did, what did God say? “Hey, Parker. Good dog. Welcome home. This is heaven and here you are happy all the time. You can fetch a ball if you like or not. Here you can eat ice cream, even chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows, all day long and it’s all right. You can dig up rose bushes and nobody will say a word.” Did God tell Parker that? Everybody says Heaven is great, but nobody wants to leave earth to get there. But Parker did.

Mama Auset says that it’s a fact that nothing that God creates can be destroyed. Not ever. That everything has part of it that we see, and a part that is invisible. And the part that we can’t see lives always and forever in God’s Love. That’s what she says. But she admits that’s a very big idea because God’s Love is very big.

So, anyway, where did Parker go? If nothing is ever destroyed, and the invisible part of Parker still lives in God’s Love, what is it doing? And where is it?