{"id":522,"date":"2009-02-23T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2009-02-23T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T17:44:00","slug":"time-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"Time Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SaLjlltFInI\/AAAAAAAABeI\/5UPTiuUdmvo\/s1600-h\/images.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 92px; height: 132px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SaLjlltFInI\/AAAAAAAABeI\/5UPTiuUdmvo\/s400\/images.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306053545911722610\" \/><\/a><br \/>The place that  I was once fed, socially, emotionally and spiritually is gone.<\/p>\n<p>Things have changed.  Or maybe I have changed.<\/p>\n<p>I have my &#8220;group&#8221; of friends, of course, but this isn&#8217;t about friends.  <\/p>\n<p>It is more about an environment, a retreat or a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<p>Really, it is all about my boys.  It is their school.  It is their happiness that matters.<\/p>\n<p>I was just lucky that I was being fed too.<\/p>\n<p>I have noticed that I have been reclusive, lately.   I have been focusing on laundry a bit too much.<br \/>I have been making beds, thinking about dinner, maybe just going through a routine that is safe.<\/p>\n<p>This may be normal for most &#8220;stay at home&#8221; moms but this is not me.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like I am hiding out.  <\/p>\n<p>We do not live in town to just have people over.  I am not even shopping unnecessarily. (Did I just say that)?<\/p>\n<p>What am I waiting for?  I feel like I have pressed the pause button on emotions.<\/p>\n<p>May be it is just winter.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe life really does go on while you are taking a time out.<br \/>Maybe I am not indispensable.<br \/>Maybe if I don&#8217;t call you to lunch, you keep going.<\/p>\n<p>I thought maybe I would be missed.<br \/>Maybe it isn&#8217;t all about me.  Hum&#8230; who would have thought?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The place that I was once fed, socially, emotionally and spiritually is gone. Things have changed. Or maybe I have changed. I have my &#8220;group&#8221; of friends, of course, but this isn&#8217;t about friends. It is more about an environment, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=522\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522"}],"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=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}