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Poor Blackie the fish wasn’t feeling well this morning.<\/b>  We gave her some food, and she perked up a little.  But the situation was critical.  As soon as the local pet store opened, I zipped over hoping that I could get her some passable living quarters, in clean water, in hopes that she would survive.<\/p>\n

I found a little kit, half price at that, and headed home.  As I pulled into our parking lot at home, I got a call on my cell.  It was “the” call, actually.  Blackie had passed away.  Without ceremony, She who came from the sea returned to the sea.<\/i><\/p>\n

So, I picked up Hannah and we returned to the pet store.  The first time I had bought a tank to match the fish . . . now we looked for fish to match the tank.  Originally, we planned to get 2 or 3, but it was a 2 for 1 sale at Petcetera<\/a>, so we squeezed 4 fish into the tank.  It was actually a good activity for Hannah and I as we carefully set up the tank, cleaned everything, purified the water, and introduced the fab four to their new home.  They seem to be doing well now – much better than Blackie ever did.<\/p>\n

Hannah was happy with the fish, and Nathanael was very<\/i> excited (more like obsessed).  At suppertime Hannah prayed,”Please thank you for the fish not to die” (she always includes a thank you<\/i> in her requests – better theology than grammer).  So far, so good.<\/p>\n

That’s the end of our fish story for now.  Hopefully no news will be good news for a while.  But we’ll be watching to see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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