and i just don't see how this is hard for an almighty
G-D.

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> When I was a teenager, we had a dog, Skipper, who
> was about a year
> younger than I was.  My dad's a doctor, and Skipper
> got congestive heart
> failure.  The woman that ran the heart lab at the
> hospital dad practiced
> at was also the wife of mom and dad's doctor, and
> the Holmes' were good
> family friends too.
>
> They took Skipper to the heart lab, shocked her to
> get her heart back to
> a normal rhythm.  From her then more normal heart
> rhythm, Dad and Roy
> put her on the same type of meds my parents now take
> for their heart
> conditions.
>
> Skipper died when I was sixteen, peacefully in her
> sleep.  My Dad came
> out from their bedroom, to where she had fallen
> asleep on the floor, and
> when she didn't get up when he walked by twice,
> checked to see if she
> was all right.
>
> I was in the hospital at the time, and have always
> regretted not being
> able to see her again, so I'm looking forward to
> seeing her in another
> 40 or 50 years, or whenever my time's up.
>
> Kendall Corbett
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bobby Greer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:34 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: now pets
>
> If animals can't get into heaven, I don't want to be
> there.
>
> Bobby
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ken barber" <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: now pets
>
>
> > well i think most of us at least hope there are
> > animals in heaven even if we do know know the
> answers
> > as to souls/no souls/ different type souls.
> >
> > --- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Our dog, an 80 lb. Lab/chow cross (a Chowbrador,
> as
> > > we call him) has
> > > helped me catch our older cat and bring her back
> in
> > > the house when she
> > > got out.  She got between a bush and the house
> where
> > > I couldn't get to
> > > her, and he "encouraged" her to go back to where
> I
> > > could reach.  He
> > > still intercedes in the cat's squabbles if the
> > > hissing gets too loud.
> > > Both cats will sleep with him (although not at
> the
> > > same time) if it's
> > > cold in the house.
> > >
> > > Kendall Corbett
> > >
> > > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> > > redundant!)
> > >
> > > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the
> > > unreasonable one
> > > persists in trying to adapt the world to
> himself.
> > > Therefore, all
> > > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Trisha Cummings [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:39 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: now pets
> > >
> > > Hi Ken,
> > >
> > >  Yup, and when it comes to animals - most of us
> have
> > > a really soft spot.
> > > We have 6 cats and they all have their own
> > > personalities, and one is a
> > > great playmate to the dog, and another has a
> normal
> > > cat/dog
> > > relationship. And when the kittems where born
> the
> > > father cat was right
> > > there guarding the mother cat, he licked little
> > > bottoms and took turns
> > > sitting with babies. I gained a whole new
> > > perspective on animals - and I
> > > had had pets for years. To this day the mom cats
> > > comes and swats bottoms
> > > when the cats play to rough and one squeals.
> Very
> > > much "human" dynamics.
> > >
> > >                                          Trisha
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
> Of
> > > ken barber
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:34 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: now pets
> > >
> > >
> > >   great trish i was just thinking, i did not
> know
> > > all
> > > our theology about animals was going to the
> list,
> > > but,
> > > it seemed to stike a cord with some on the list
> and
> > > i
> > > was going to change it to a thread of its own
> and
> > > just
> > > invite everyone to join in with the few that
> already
> > > have.
> > >   it is a whole lot lighter than the other
> > > depressing
> > > thread  we have going, and we can all use a
> little
> > > lighter mix.
> > >   every one?
> > > --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Kendall,
> > > >
> > > >    Oh I know - our cats are little humans in
> fur
> > > > coats. Winter runs up and greets me and it
> sounds
> > > > like she says Mom. Amber and her friends swear
> > > that
> > > > cat speaks English. The cats have learned to
> open
> > > > the swing kitchen door and Winter runs up to
> the
> > > > phone and looks like she would answer - as
> Amber
> > > > says if she had thumbs. And Don't they
> communicate
> > > > with just looks - In our house have one cat
> wail
> > > and
> > > > the others come running to see what's wrong.
> And
> > > > tell them no and see the dirty look you get
> back.
> > > I
> > > > recently read an article which said animals
> are
> > > > smarter than we have given them credit for. I
> > > think
> > > > any good pet owner knows that. We have taken
> the
> > > dog
> > > > to the Unitarian Church where they have pet
> > > > blessings.
>
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