{"id":654,"date":"2011-12-21T07:42:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T12:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=654"},"modified":"2011-12-19T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T18:17:20","slug":"four-legged-grandchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/12\/four-legged-grandchildren.html","title":{"rendered":"Four Legged Grandchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"

At first I crinkled my nose when I was introduced as “Grandma.” Not so much because I was WAY TOO YOUNG to be a grandma but because I was being referred to as a grandma to doggies and a kitty.<\/p>\n

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Walking Hamish in Seattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I was a kid, we had pets, but they lived outside with the trees and sign posts. They weren’t part of the family.<\/p>\n

Later in life, I became a parent and we even fostered children for 15 years. One child had an attachment issue and it occurred to me to get a cat for him. It felt right for the cat to be in the house with the child. I was stunned. The child turned around and I admitted that God can dramatically transform people, especially since previously there was no way in hell, heaven, or earth, that I would ever allow an animal in the house.<\/p>\n

Anyway, all our children, and even I, have pets in the house. I’ve noticed, pets have become a hot commodity in the nation, sometimes getting better care than people. But, then, pets sometimes act better than people.<\/p>\n

So, I am doing my grandmotherly duty of babysitting four-legged grandchildren while our children travel. I can’t believe I just wrote that.<\/p>\n

From Science and Health, “<\/em>Daniel felt safe in the lion\u2019s den[1]<\/strong><\/a> because he understood the control which Love held over all ideas. Paul proved the viper to be harmless.[2]<\/strong><\/a>All of God\u2019s creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harmless, useful, and indestructible. A realization of this excellent truth is a source of strength.”<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/strong><\/a> Dan. 6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[2]<\/strong><\/a> Acts 28:3\u20135<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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