Not long ago, my sweet cat, Ebenezer, celebrated his third birthday. I inherited him from a Denver Seminary classmate who got him from a homeless gentleman standing in front of a Starbuck's. I promptly nestled E in a black Vera Bradley tote and took him to Deer Creek Animal Hospital for shots. Back then, he weighed a mere 3.7 pounds. Today, he tips the scales at a hefty 15 pounds.
Some people think I named E for Charles' Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge character from A Christmas Carol. Not quite. E gets his name from the second verse of the classic hymn, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing which was written by a 22 year-old pastor named Robert Robinson. In Hebrew, the Ebenezer also means 'stone of help.'
That Was Then
This Is Now
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