As you may or may not know, we lost our Beagle, Lilibeth, back in November of last year. She was an important part of our family, and was with us for most of the years that we have been married. During the time Lilsy was with us, we lost Emily (a Beagle/Bassett mix - to bone cancer at 10 years old), Jake (our only boy Beagle - hit by a car while running off with Lilibeth), and Lucy (a Bassett Hound - due to her body’s red blood cells attacking themselves).

Lilibeth outlived them all, and was an amazingly tough Beagle. Due to my wife’s amazing animal communicatons ability, we have been able to be in contact with our deceased pets, making it a little easier to deal with their passings, although we still really miss their physical bodies.

Recently, Lilibeth told my wife that she would be returning to us in July, in another dog body. Little did we know that it would be early in July. My daughter and I were driving down the road and spotted a young female Beagle running in the street. Of course, we had to stop and pick her up. She was very young and we wearing no collar. After taking her home and attempting to find her owner (to no avail), she has become the newest member of our family. Please welcome Be-bit to our family!

UPDATE: Be-bit had an owner and they came and got her today (Sunday the 13th). They had advertised in the newspaper, on Craigslist, at the local Petsmart, and at the dog park. They were really trying to find her, and we had to do the right thing, though we were all very attached to her and loved her.