Sacred Dealings

Recently we added a fourth guinea pig to our guinea pig farm.  (I call it a zoo, but don't tell the kids! :)  He is a male guinea pig.  We have had male guinea pigs in the past, but this guinea pig was very different than the other guinea pigs especially in the genitalia department.

The children noticed it first.  I won't go into too much detail, but we became concerned because he looked very swollen; maybe even injured.  My veterinarian reassured me that he is fine and there is no need to worry.  Okay fine.  I won't worry anymore about Obi's genitalia; but I'm worried because quite frankly, it's a little graphic.  For the children.  The guinea pig(s) are suppose to enhance my children's childhood; not put gross images in their heads of swollen genitalia.  So for awhile, I told the kids not to worry and that he is fine.  I told them that's just how God made him and finally, I just ended up telling them to ignore it.

That got me thinking that one day I would have to explain everything about our human bodies.  I have a hard time with stuff like this and I needed some guidance.  I am so grateful for Jocelyn over at beinglds.blogspot.com for doing a blog post on the wonderful book called God Gave You A Body.

Here is the link for the free download.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/106279702/god-gave-you-a-body

And I think it's so adorable how in the back of the book they give outfit examples for young children.  It helped me convince my son to wear his tie on Sunday!  Now if I can get those suspenders on him! ;)  HA!

XO