{"id":4150,"date":"2016-05-02T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2016-05-02T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T17:05:36","slug":"the-pause-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=4150","title":{"rendered":"The Pause Button&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s a Monday. \u00a0Its grey, kinda overcast and cool. \u00a0I am home today, actually feeling like doing laundry. \u00a0I know, I really should check my temperature! \u00a0I feel like making comfort food for my boys and just chilling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>I need to make a disclaimer:<\/strong> \u00a0All thoughts and statements post here on this site, my blog are thoughts and statements that are mine alone. \u00a0Please know that \u00a0some of my thoughts and statements may change over a period of time. \u00a0None are meant to offend or hurt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ok, now I have that out of the way, I can carry on with this post. \u00a0I was looking at one of the boys Instagram accounts and noticed their tag line (or what ever it is called) says, <em>&#8220;Me and Jesus share the same skin colour.&#8221;<\/em> \u00a0(I know, that whole me and Jesus grammar makes my skin crawl). \u00a0Cute!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was looking at the beginning of my posts all the way back beginning in February 2008, as I was inspired by my brother&#8217;s blog. \u00a0 It&#8217;s kind of cool that this is a journal of sorts for the boys (if they are every interested) later in life of their growing up years and my thoughts, hopes and concerns for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Looking back, I found myself wishing there was a Pause Button for life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0970.jpg 2848w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0970-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0970-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2848px) 100vw, 2848px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?attachment_id=2450\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2450\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2450\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3126.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3126\" width=\"3072\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3126.jpg 3072w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3126-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3126-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3072px) 100vw, 3072px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?attachment_id=2142\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2142\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2142\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_0116.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0116\" width=\"3872\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_0116.jpg 3872w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_0116-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_0116-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3872px) 100vw, 3872px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?attachment_id=1222\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1222\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9313.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9313\" width=\"2848\" height=\"4288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9313.jpg 2848w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9313-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9313-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2848px) 100vw, 2848px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?attachment_id=1217\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1217\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9241.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9241\" width=\"4288\" height=\"2848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9241.jpg 4288w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9241-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_9241-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4288px) 100vw, 4288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many of these aren&#8217;t even that old and yet from 3-4 years ago, there is such a difference!!! \u00a0Yet there is such a difference! My older ones are pretty much men. \u00a0My younger ones are not babies anymore and while the older ones<em><strong> teenitude<\/strong><\/em> is slowing disappearing and maturity is beginning to take over, the younger ones seem to be gaining that attitude. \u00a0ugh!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pause Button would be so cool to just pause life so we could enjoy those moments just a bit longer. \u00a0This life, in spite its ups and down, is the only life we have. \u00a0(Until heaven, of course)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?attachment_id=4153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4153\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4153\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"images\" width=\"263\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a Monday. \u00a0Its grey, kinda overcast and cool. \u00a0I am home today, actually feeling like doing laundry. \u00a0I know, I really should check my temperature! \u00a0I feel like making comfort food for my boys and just chilling. 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