{"id":2181,"date":"2013-10-08T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T15:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2013-10-08T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T15:15:01","slug":"to-those-who-are-carrying-a-precious-burden-of-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/10\/08\/to-those-who-are-carrying-a-precious-burden-of-a-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"To those who are carrying a precious burden of a baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is for Kimia Joy and others who are waiting for new family members to come into the world. \u00a0Are you feeling as big as a truck? \u00a0Are you dragging? \u00a0Do you feel like just about all you can do is sit? \u00a0CHEER UP!!!! \u00a0 It could be worse!!!! \u00a0Look at another pregnant member of God&#8217;s crazy wonderful creation! \u00a0I hope this makes you smile, Kimia!!! \u00a0I love you and can&#8217;t wait to see you!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2184\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2184\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2184\" alt=\"A termite queen\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A termite queen<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2182\" style=\"width: 309px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2182\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2182\" alt=\"You can see her tiny little brown self carrying the humongous, undulating egg sac!\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen2.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen2.jpg 299w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-queen2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can see her tiny little brown self carrying the humongous, undulating egg sac!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You won&#8217;t find these little ladies just lying about under trees or even in your wood door frames. \u00a0The reason Timothy has this one in his hand is because it provides proof that the workers who were digging up the termite colony out of the middle of the road<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2183\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2183\" alt=\"The colony is a huge network below  these holes \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite.jpg\" width=\"437\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite.jpg 437w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/blog-termite-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The colony is a huge network below these holes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>found the queen and extracted her. \u00a0When the queen is gone, the colony dies out, which means the workers succeeded in digging out and cleaning up that particular patch of road. \u00a0What did we do with this queen (and 5 others)? \u00a0 Roy fried them up and he and the Turk boys enjoyed them as tasty tidbits during our meal of chili and cornbread.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the fact that these colonies mess up the roads and breed wood destroying creatures, we like to get rid of them because the tunnels underground provide lovely homes for wandering snakes. \u00a0Not good, right?, especially if they&#8217;re of the poisonous persuasion, which most snakes around here seem to be. \u00a0Okay, okay, there are beautiful little blue green non-poisonous tree snakes that unmercifully get slaughtered by the locals, but painful experience tells them that snakes kill and maim with their poison, so they kill anything snake shaped, including harmless millipedes!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have anything snake shaped in your life? \u00a0Get rid of it before it poisons your heart!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a 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