{"id":249,"date":"2013-05-23T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2013-05-23T11:22:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T16:22:01","slug":"modest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/modest\/","title":{"rendered":"Modest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I have been thinking a lot about Daddy these past couple of days, as is customary around the anniversary of his birth and his death, and about how much I miss him.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; How much I wish he were here to meet his precious little grandson, Malakai, and both of his awesome son-in-laws.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I know firsthand now, what Mom went through the time Dad had pains (post-heart attack) and we had to take him to the hospital and the not knowing and the worry. I wish he had gotten himself together after those incidents, so he could still be with us today.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Its funny the things that stay with you. When Dad had his heart attack and we went to the hospital, even though he was so pale and obviously sick afterward, I never doubted he would be fine. He was so big and strong and invincible. He would bounce back, of course, he was my Daddy.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We did get another ten years with him, but they weren&#8217;t all great times&#8230; I know that, and in retrospect, I understand a lot more than I did at the time.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; He had his faults, I know he did, but when I look back these days &#8211; sixteen years later &#8211; all I can remember is his smile, chair-dancing at the pizza place, how tight he hugged me, that great laugh he had, the smell of English Leather and Black Velvet, and how much he loved me&#8230; us, all three of us girls.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I still love and miss him.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/signature.jpg\" alt=\"Signed, Josie\" width=\"92\" height=\"139\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_famdad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_famdad-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jeez_famdad\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_famdad-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_famdad-360x357.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_momdad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_momdad-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jeez_momdad\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_momdad-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_momdad-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_eviedad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_eviedad-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jeez_eviedad\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-251\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_medad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_medad-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jeez_medad\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_medad-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_medad-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_clydedad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jeez_clydedad-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jeez_clydedad\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-253\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<BR><BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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