{"id":773,"date":"2009-11-11T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=773"},"modified":"2009-11-11T18:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T23:04:00","slug":"an-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=773","title":{"rendered":"An Epiphany!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SvtFmIT5ihI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/BCtaqt53_2I\/s1600-h\/DSC_0730.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SvtFmIT5ihI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/BCtaqt53_2I\/s400\/DSC_0730.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402988699329333778\" \/><\/a><br \/>I had an epiphany.<\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<div>I was at the dentist with Sammy (that is another story&#8230;).  As I was waiting for the dentist to come in, I noticed his family picture.  They are nice looking family of a mama, dada, boy  and girl.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After a long day, I couldn&#8217;t help but think of just having 2 kids.  I suppose that would have been Sammy and Tyler.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I paused to contempt life with my two boys.  Wow&#8230; how different.  Quieter, not as busy, easier, cheaper and then I had a moment of unsettlement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There I was tonight, and I had a moment of panic.  It didn&#8217;t feel right.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As I allowed my mind to go back to reality, 6 boys, chaos, loudness, clutter, laundry, messes, I had a feeling of utter fulfilment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This might seem silly, but today, I had a deep realization that I am supposed to be mother of 6 rambunctious, lovely boys.  It is what fulfills me.  It is what satisfies me.  It is the life I was so meant to lead.  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It doesn&#8217;t come with perfect days&#8230; but neither would my life with my 2 kids.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am living my life just as I am supposed to.  It is a good life!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had an epiphany. I was at the dentist with Sammy (that is another story&#8230;). As I was waiting for the dentist to come in, I noticed his family picture. They are nice looking family of a mama, dada, boy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=773\">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":[7,6,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773"}],"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=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}