{"id":839,"date":"2010-01-01T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=839"},"modified":"2010-01-01T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T03:25:00","slug":"back-to-real-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=839","title":{"rendered":"Back to Real Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ah&#8230; all the festivities are over&#8230; back to reality that school and work are awaiting us on Monday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hockey, groceries, laundry are all there.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It feels weird to think that we are entering 2010! &nbsp;How time has flown by! &nbsp;And yet as I look at this year ahead of me, I can&#8217;t help but feel that this is a year that has so much to offer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Maybe it is simply because last year was full of big firsts for us&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My first child was to graduate from Rhema (grade school).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My first child was to begin high school.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My youngest was beginning his school adventures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My youngest was no longer a baby (though there are days&#8230;).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My first time in a very long time that I had me time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My first time dipping my toes in the work world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This year brings many of those things again, my second child will be leaving Rhema and entering the big world of high school. &nbsp;And while I am still feeling all those emotions that I did with Sammy, I know that it is all good.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So this year, 2010 is a little bit more about me. &nbsp;I wrote a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sukumaranville.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/i-am-feeling-it.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">blog&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">about feeling something&#8230; I knew I was on the cusp of something&#8230; I thought it was about writing&#8230; or seeing myself as a writer&#8230; but I realized just the other day that this feeling that was so foreign to me finally has a name.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">For the first time ever&#8230; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I believe in myself. &nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I finally believe in me!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It took 41 years to achieve it, but I know that I can do things if I set myself to do so.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So it still baby steps, but I am feeling this New Year is the Year that I allow myself to be the Best Me I Can Be&#8230; &nbsp;with the help of God, of course.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Best You&#8230; maybe you are already there. &nbsp;How wonderful! &nbsp;If you are not, why not join me on this journey?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I am so looking forward to what 2010 holds!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Happy New Years!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah&#8230; all the festivities are over&#8230; back to reality that school and work are awaiting us on Monday. 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