{"id":1379,"date":"2011-01-17T18:15:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T23:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2011-01-17T18:15:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T23:15:43","slug":"thank-you-and-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"Thank you and Happy Birthday&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy MLK Day!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1380\" title=\"mlk\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlk.jpg 346w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlk-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I found myself reflecting on this man and that era where so many people were so courageous. \u00a0I couldn&#8217;t help think of Rosa Parks and the courage she must have need to sit down on that bus! \u00a0I wonder if Martin Luther King would be pleased with the progress &#8230; of life today as we know it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I think of those two men that thought dressing up for Halloween as a KKK guy leading another man with his face painted black understand what a sad statement their &#8220;joke&#8221; makes in today&#8217; time?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I wonder if I had been on that bus with Rosa Parks, would I have had the courage to stand up for her?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I know that I am grateful for those that made a stand for my freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you, Dr. King. \u00a0Thank you, Mrs. Parks. \u00a0Thank you, Mr. Ghandi&#8230; and the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you to the heros that make life today just a little bit easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy MLK Day! I found myself reflecting on this man and that era where so many people were so courageous. \u00a0I couldn&#8217;t help think of Rosa Parks and the courage she must have need to sit down on that bus! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1379\">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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1382,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}