Charlie's is an interesting story. He was raised from a wee one to be snake food. His owners then put him in with the snake to be devoured, but for 3 days the snake wouldn't eat him. There's gotta be some theological reference in there somewhere; I mean, 3 days, c'mon. So, the snake wouldn't do it, so his owners took him out and decided to keep him as a pet. For whatever reason they had to get rid of the snake, but their dwarf hamster Bud (who is gettin adopted Monday) and Charlie ended up at the Humane Society, where Jenny & I were introduced to him.
We were immediately struck by his funny personality, and yesterday decided that Charlie ought to have a home, and a loving family, like everyone else, so we filled out the adoption application and got word today that he was our's for the taking! I picked him up, put him in Sonnen's 'starter' cage and he's busy exploring as I write this. So far, he really likes running on his wheel, and snacking.
When I see Charlie I definitely see 'the least of these' no matter how out of context I have to take that verse to make it fit. To so many people, "Who gives a damn about a stupid little mouse?!" Well, we do. And we are going to give him a loving rest of his life cause we think he deserves it.
We were immediately struck by his funny personality, and yesterday decided that Charlie ought to have a home, and a loving family, like everyone else, so we filled out the adoption application and got word today that he was our's for the taking! I picked him up, put him in Sonnen's 'starter' cage and he's busy exploring as I write this. So far, he really likes running on his wheel, and snacking.
When I see Charlie I definitely see 'the least of these' no matter how out of context I have to take that verse to make it fit. To so many people, "Who gives a damn about a stupid little mouse?!" Well, we do. And we are going to give him a loving rest of his life cause we think he deserves it.
