{"id":1097,"date":"2011-03-04T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2016-05-11T07:51:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T11:51:08","slug":"dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-Q_dps_aH1Bo\/TXExV64depI\/AAAAAAAACz0\/p_nUcLpCJbY\/s1600\/Dadfishing.jpg?ssl=1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-Q_dps_aH1Bo\/TXExV64depI\/AAAAAAAACz0\/p_nUcLpCJbY\/s320\/Dadfishing.jpg?resize=320%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">My Dad was born 100 years ago today.&nbsp; I only knew him for 12 years before he died. <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedharleydude.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/happy-birthday-dad.html\">We made many memories during those years<\/a>, and I&#8217;m sure we would have made more had he lived longer.&nbsp; He was a diplomat, an exceptionally intelligent man, spoke 22 languages and loved all of us kids so deeply.&nbsp; Gosh, even after all this time&#8230; he died 41 years ago&#8230; I still miss him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">So this is just a note to say, &#8220;Happy Birthday, Daddy!&#8221;&nbsp; I hope I turned out okay. Your legacy leads me in many ways, both professionally and personally, and I am grateful for having you in my life, even as short as our time together on this earth was.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">For those of you who still have a Dad &#8212; give him a call, go pay a visit, and let him know you care.&nbsp; You are fortunate to have the ability to do that, as I do not except through prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">Life is short:&nbsp; remember those you love and show them that you love them. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Dad was born 100 years ago today.&nbsp; I only knew him for 12 years before he died. We made many memories during those years, and I&#8217;m sure we would have made more had he lived longer.&nbsp; He was a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1097\">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":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}