tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post2957262597254376385..comments2023-06-15T09:10:22.852-04:00Comments on Knees and Paws: Spiritual AdoptionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456360103620523621noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-6620018238675774742012-04-22T15:21:27.624-04:002012-04-22T15:21:27.624-04:00Jenny - I just had to pop back to thank Shady for ...Jenny - I just had to pop back to thank Shady for his sweet comments - as always. I hope he knows just how much he means to all of us, and wasn't that spooky indeed when he went to sign his name in that book. What a wonderful gesture to send such a special gift to Margaret for her 100th birthday!Southhamsdarlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285980805569582676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-23847152629666310852012-04-22T00:10:01.701-04:002012-04-22T00:10:01.701-04:00Hi Jenny,
What a lovely concept and I like you thi...Hi Jenny,<br />What a lovely concept and I like you think our blogging friends are definitely Spiritually linked. I find it very reaffirming of good seeks out good that so many of us are, well good.<br />Keep bringing your wonderful brand of love and goodness to the world Jenny. We need you in it so very much.<br />Hugs~Sushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098871743806383324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-84612004846427091482012-04-21T19:44:35.722-04:002012-04-21T19:44:35.722-04:00Oops, I mean the third sentence.Oops, I mean the third sentence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456360103620523621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-68037002814565035732012-04-21T19:43:53.677-04:002012-04-21T19:43:53.677-04:00Dear Shelly, you forgot to insert your name in the...Dear Shelly, you forgot to insert your name in the second sentence! <br />And you are absolutely someone who feels like family to me. If I could hug you right now, you know I'd cry a little too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456360103620523621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-17802450219213693782012-04-21T19:41:59.309-04:002012-04-21T19:41:59.309-04:00Dear Diane, you have touched my heart so much in t...Dear Diane, you have touched my heart so much in this comment. Thank you for love you so generously give to me and all of our blogging friends. It is rare to find someone as genuine, thoughtful and uplifting as you are to us every day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456360103620523621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-59280522547136817542012-04-21T19:40:11.429-04:002012-04-21T19:40:11.429-04:00Dear Tom, that is hair raising! I have goosebumps...Dear Tom, that is hair raising! I have goosebumps reading your story. Seriously, every hair is standing on end. I thought of your connection to the Ettlines as I was thinking about the concept of spiritual adoption. What an incredible gift that you sent to Margaret. I am looking forward to reading that story as it unfolds.<br />I really connected to everything you had to say in this comment, and thank you so much for caring about your friends the way you do. I know we all have been blessed by your friendship.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456360103620523621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-31397093273383324142012-04-21T18:52:17.727-04:002012-04-21T18:52:17.727-04:00There is deep caring within our circle of friends,...There is deep caring within our circle of friends, Jenny. The two people who commented above me are among the finest examples of this. So are you. I feel my friends' love and caring every single day and I try to radiate it back to them in every one of my comments. <br /><br />I feel as though I have spiritually adopted dear 100 year old Margaret Brown Schneider, the oldest living Dell rat. I truly care about her and feel as though I've known her all my life and somehow, before my life even began. I also believe that I have been spiritually adopted by John and Helen Ettline, the long departed owners of the Shady Dell. <br /><br />This true story will explain why I feel a psychic connection between the Ettlines, Margaret Brown Schneider and myself. A couple of weeks ago I shipped a special gift to Margaret for her 100th birthday. It was a book originally owned by John Ettline in his youth. John's name is printed inside the cover. The book, The Opening Door: a Story of the Woman's Movement by Justus Miles Forman, is significant because it was published in 1913, the same year that Margaret and her family moved into the Dell. As I was signing my name to a note accompanying the book an amazing thing happened. I have signed my name countless thousands of times in my life, but an unseen force took control of my hand at that moment and instead of signing "Tom" my hand wrote "Jon" which contains three letters in the name "John" and only one letter in the name "Tom." I believe this was a sign that John was making himself known to Margaret and was at the same time giving me a powerful mandate from beyond the grave to continue my effort to tell the story of the Shady Dell as completely and accurately as possible.Shady Del Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839935472941264414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-23799135672640970192012-04-21T15:12:10.685-04:002012-04-21T15:12:10.685-04:00Hi dear Jenny. I absolutely love your posts my fr...Hi dear Jenny. I absolutely love your posts my friend. Your light and love shines through every one, believe me. I certainly agree with you that our bloggy friends really have become just like our own family. In some cases, we might even know more about them than their so called 'real' friends do. I am privileged to have all of you in my life, and I think it's wonderful that you feel that your grandma is looking after you, even though you never met her.Southhamsdarlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285980805569582676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260474823266276024.post-16737000104304796872012-04-21T15:06:07.132-04:002012-04-21T15:06:07.132-04:00Bravo, Jenny! I love this concept of spiritual ado...Bravo, Jenny! I love this concept of spiritual adoption because it's something we can all do. Brooke is going to be so tremendously enriched and blessed by what you've done for her, just as we're all tremendously blessed and enriched by having you as part of our blogging family. That's what it feels like it is- a family.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.com