{"id":3644,"date":"2014-03-04T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2014-03-04T13:50:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:50:55","slug":"pancake-tuesday-and-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=3644","title":{"rendered":"Pancake Tuesday and Seniors&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is still crazy cold.\u00a0 I feel bad because I saw Josh&#8217;s snow pant was left behind.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t see it in time to take it to him.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude41 I&#8217;m sure he froze!!!\u00a0 Oh well, I can hope that he will remember next time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s Pancake Tuesday&#8230; I must be so out of the loop.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t realize this was a real thing.\u00a0 You probably knew this but &#8220;<em>Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians,\u00a0who &#8220;make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God&#8217;s help in dealing with.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What wrongs do I need to repent?\u00a0 Sadly, my biggest flaw is the impatience I have with my children.\u00a0 I hate that they know how to push my buttons.\u00a0 Buttons that I don&#8217;t even know I have.\u00a0 I hate when I am spazzing about something and then the phone rings&#8230; immediately my tone changes.\u00a0 Uhhh&#8230; I think that every time with guilt.\u00a0 I love these beings of mine more than anything. Patience, is what I need to seek.\u00a0 Long-suffering is another thing I could improve on.\u00a0\u00a0 Today for supper, I&#8217;ll make pancakes and seek God&#8217;s help in my weak areas!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today I had to make lunch for the Ear Company.\u00a0 I had it all planned out.\u00a0 I left in plenty of time to make a stop at the grocery store for my last few items.\u00a0 As I was checking out, my card was declined.\u00a0 Grrrrr.. I knew I had money and this was so frustrating.\u00a0 I need a new bank card.\u00a0 I then felt flustered.\u00a0 I raced over to the office, grabbed Sanj&#8217;s card and headed back to the store.\u00a0 Of course, there was no parking.\u00a0 Then the checkout line was long.\u00a0 As I was rushing by, I couldn&#8217;t help notice the senior citizens, as I maneuvered around them, as they were going to slow&#8230; as I made eye contact, this senior smiles, such a sweet smile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I made it to the office in plenty of time.\u00a0 I had lunch served with time to spare.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t help but think of that senior.\u00a0 I wish I could pace myself\u00a0 like that, now.\u00a0 I want to enjoy life now too, as well as when I retire.\u00a0 Sometimes rushing around is pointless.\u00a0 Sometimes the only one suffering is me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is still crazy cold.\u00a0 I feel bad because I saw Josh&#8217;s snow pant was left behind.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t see it in time to take it to him.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude41 I&#8217;m sure he froze!!!\u00a0 Oh well, I can hope that he &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=3644\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[189,28,6,1,10,140,55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3645,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions\/3645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}