Snoopy

Sitting in a kitchen with several youngsters at a family gathering, I listened to a lively discussion about the lives of the various Peanuts characters of Charles Schulz’s neighborhood: Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Marcie, Pig Pen, Peppermint Patty, Woodstock, Schroeder and, of course, Snoopy. I was quite taken with the view held by a young lady of six or seven years. She asserted that Snoopy, of everyone in the neighborhood, knew God the best. I had to ask, “Why Snoopy?” She said, “Because Snoopy sleeps on the roof of his house and looks up at heaven where God is.” Amen.