Today I gave pardon to a killer

Today I gave pardon to a killer.

I am not a killer, nor do I like to cause suffering.

Last night I walked into the bathroom. I am standing there, draining the lizard if you get my drift, and I look down at my feet. First thing I notice is I can still see them. When you are as big as me, some time you need to check.

Anyhow, I looked down, and at my feet was a large spider. Large, well tip of leg to tip of leg is almost 2.5 inches. I am naturally impressed, so I called Steph to show her. Then I called Cody and showed him. Steph asked what kind it was, and I wasn’t sure. I had her catch it in a jar, and looked it up.

A hobo spider. I always thought they were small, but apparently they can be large, as in the case of this one.

The other side of the story is that Steph has a rather painful bite on her side, one that has all of the characteristics of a Hobo spider bite. So she has issued a death sentence, one coming directly from the top position in the household government.

I have kept it in a jar, and showed the rest of the kids. When I returned from some errands this evening they were banging the jar on the ground, and shaking it like a rattle. I immediately yelled at them for being mean to animals, something I really do not like.
I took the jar outside, and let the beast go in the neighbor’s yard. Meanwhile I was telling the kids how it is just doing what it is suppose to do, and we shouldn’t hate it for that. I do not want to kill the Bear because it is close to my house. I feel, If there is a God, that he meant for us to respect animals, and spiders. Respect them, be aware of them, but why kill them.

This made my queen mad (not yelling mad, just upset). That was not my intention, but it is what it is. She was bitten, and in pain. I also let it go about 15 feet from the tent my kids have been spending there night sleeping, so maybe not to smart.

Anyhow, I think I did right, teaching my kids not to hate animals, or treat them bad. I feel bad now that I did let a relatively poisonous spider loose, but hey, win some and lose some.