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Old 01-06-2009, 02:43 PM
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I agree with this 100%!!!!!!!!! If you aren't a dog person or even a cat person, insert Just an Animal and you still get the same meaning.

Thanks for posting this.
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Old 01-06-2009, 05:16 PM
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Thanks Sue...That is great. Jim.
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Old 01-06-2009, 05:20 PM
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Awe! That was so sweet.

And I agree with Debs. I have "just" a dog and two cats. They are a major part of our lives.
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I so completely agree with that! When my pet ducks and goose were murdered by a fox in 2007 I was utterly devastated to have lost all 9 at once, the goose Caroline being 10 years old and was a gift from my Grandpa when I was 12 years old. I still have not gotten over their sudden loss, and still have not been able to go finally clean out their sleeping pen. People, including my friends would say, "why are you so sad they died? They're just ducks!" Well animals are never "just an animal", and these certainly were not "just ducks". My ducks had just as much personality and (more) unconditional love as any human being.

Thank you for posting this great article Sue!
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What a wonderful posting. The author must have been a special person to know and be around.
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Old 01-07-2009, 12:12 AM
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I have ten CHILDREN, five of whom are people and five of whom are "just" dogs.

The dogs have never stolen from me. The dogs have never lied to me. The dogs have never asked me to bail them out from jail. The dogs have never assaulted me. The dogs have never tried to pit me against their mother in order to get their way. The dogs have never broken something dear to me and then tried to blame it on a sibling. The dogs have never been too angry with me to want to be around me. Not once has one of the dogs let me down.

I love all of the human children, of course. My daughters are the revelation, to me, of God. My daughters are whom, on my worst days, I can think of and smile. And one of the stepsons shows me every day the true meaning of love and good. The human children are all special and all people who have positively touched my life.

But the dogs, though they are just dogs, just animals, just creatures of the moment, are also "just special". My daughters are, as I said, how God revealed Himself to me. The dogs, though, are gifts from that same God which are given anew each day.

Thanks, Susanne, for this beautiful reminder.
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When I received it in an email, I just knew that all of you would feel the same way I do
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