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sflynt

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A Praying Dog
« on: October 22, 2010, 09:26:52 am »
This is a very touching story.  :angel11:  and the video is so cute!!

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/21/man-saved-by-god-and-by-dog-who-says-grace/?hpt=C1

The video was meant to simply make some Facebook friends, and his mother in particular, smile.

Steven Boyd, 39, had taught his dog Djaingo how to "say grace," and one late September morning, camera in hand, he coaxed the sleepy pup out to the living room and into prayer.

The story behind Djaingo the praying dog is deeper than it is cute.

Boyd found his way to the dog just when they needed each other most.

The man was sick - had been for more than a year and a half - when he strolled into an animal shelter looking for a temporary escape. It was September 10, 2003, the day before the second anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the memories of that day weighed heavily on him.

For 12 years, Boyd says, he served in the U.S. Army. He says he was, among other things, a sniper, a paratrooper and, subsequently, a counter narcotics operator. He'd been fearless professionally and personally. He'd jumped out of planes, rappelled down cliffs and mountain biked his way across dangerous terrains.

Now, though, he was losing everything. The hospitalizations kept happening. His career was shot. The relationship with the woman he thought he'd marry had ended. The medical questions loomed large. He was dying.

"He saved my life as much as I saved his," Boyd says.


« Last Edit: October 22, 2010, 10:12:55 am by sflynt »
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

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Re: A Praying Dog
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 10:17:52 am »
Too funny.  Help me not to chase the neighbors cat lol! 

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Re: A Praying Dog
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2010, 10:20:18 am »
 :cat:  That's really bittersweet and touching.  Thanks for sharing.  :heart:

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Re: A Praying Dog
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2010, 10:31:09 am »
Good one. I saw that.

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