{"id":1779,"date":"2011-04-16T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2011-04-16T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T14:37:10","slug":"heaven-here-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1779","title":{"rendered":"Heaven&#8230; Here On Earth!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I survived the week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was touch and go for a while&#8230; but last night we had a bunch of friends over and it was the perfect way to end this week. \u00a0There is just something about filling my house with those that are special to me. \u00a0Or having new folks over to get to know better. \u00a0A full house, yummy food and knowing my boys are happy&#8230; makes life very good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yesterday at the boys school was Grandparents Day. \u00a0It is one of those days that is so special. \u00a0Sanj goes to the school every Friday morning and sings and plays the piano with the kids. \u00a0He had been teaching them some hymns to sing for this day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_8792.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1780\" title=\"DSC_8792\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_8792-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_8792-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_8792-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was sitting with a friend of mine. \u00a0We were watching her 90+ old dad as the program began. \u00a0She was worried that the noise level would begin to agitate him. \u00a0Then the kids began to sing&#8230; as they sang &#8220;<em>Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,&#8221; <\/em> her father, sitting in front of us, began, ever so slightly to sway \u00a0his head to the song. <span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: medium;\"> It was such a beautiful moment. \u00a0The connection of years&#8230; through a hymn. \u00a0Tears floated to my eyes as I felt so moved to see a bit of heaven here on earth. \u00a0As the children sang their hearts out, I couldn&#8217;t help be see us doing this very thing&#8230; crossing through age, gender and race &#8230; simply singing together in Heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: medium;\">Oh, this makes me so impatient for God&#8217;s coming!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: medium;\">It was a great end to a crazy busy week!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: medium;\">This morning as we all slept in, we are serenaded by the pouring rain. \u00a0I love mornings like this, especially since Sanj wasn&#8217;t in a hurry to get up. \u00a0It is just one of those luxurious lazy mornings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: medium;\">Happy Weekend, Everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: medium;\">xo<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px; font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I survived the week! 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