tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post3388323160947891648..comments2023-05-03T04:28:16.339-05:00Comments on <center>Jumping off cliffs</center>: Spring BreakMary O. Paddockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-67399252716999355852011-03-08T20:47:06.799-06:002011-03-08T20:47:06.799-06:00HEM--I'll tell Sam you said that. :0HEM--I'll tell Sam you said that. :0Mary O. Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-54273215041813720852011-03-08T20:46:52.836-06:002011-03-08T20:46:52.836-06:00Hiya Deb,
Bless you for your concern. I've be...Hiya Deb,<br /><br />Bless you for your concern. I've been acquainted with this family for a very long time. While I don't know them well enough to call them friends, I've watched this particular boy since he was a toddler and I'm confident he's fine. I've had him in school, at the church after school program, at VBS, and at homeschool programs. The mother and I've talked at gatherings many times and she's volunteered at a couple of events I've been in charge of. She is very, very proud of her oldest son, as well she should be. <br /> <br />I don't know the younger kids well at all--in fact, I only just met the baby, but I can tell you that he is clean, happy, and healthy apart from the Robinows. <br /><br />I am not impressed with the condition of the dog nor that they let him in their house like that, but if I've learned anything over the years about snap judgment, it's this--it is always the result of assuming that I know more than I do. So I'm going here with it-- Perhaps she is overwhelmed with the care of a special needs baby, or she's hoping that the boy will care enough to take care of the dog himself. Or maybe she just didn't "see it". <br /><br />My prediction? The dog will be better cared for from here on out. If nothing else it had to embarrassing to have him handed back in better shape than he was when he got lost.Mary O. Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-82970861919410664932011-03-06T09:11:18.936-06:002011-03-06T09:11:18.936-06:00I'm going to be the lone negative voice here. ...I'm going to be the lone negative voice here. And I am going to trust in your judgement, because you met these people. Mary. There are people in this world who foster special needs children and are not nice people at all. I find myself thinking about a helpless child, and a poor dog. They do not take care of their animals. Yet they allow an animal so smelly that you would not let him on your furniture to sleep with a child. They don't worry about illness or infection, or simple sanitation? It just rings wrong with me. I tried to accept your judgement that they are good people who care for their animals differently than you care for yours, but I find myself jarred by the imagery, and I am asking you to ponder whether or not, God has put you in a position to do something, given you a glimpse of something that needs to be exposed.<br /><br />Sorry. It's just been with me since I read this, and I couldn't NOT say it.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-44195402671687791992011-03-05T20:52:46.360-06:002011-03-05T20:52:46.360-06:00Ohh, bless Sam. I am glad it wasn't a lousy b...Ohh, bless Sam. I am glad it wasn't a lousy breeder as well.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.com