{"id":136,"date":"2008-03-24T02:23:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T06:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2008-03-24T02:23:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-24T06:23:09","slug":"happy-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Happy Easter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EKzQ0o7poNw&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EKzQ0o7poNw&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-135\" href=\"http:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/?attachment_id=135\" title=\"Bunny ears\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0065.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"Bunny ears\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Well our first long weekend of the year&#8230; started off with the yearly visitation to Forest Lawn and Ocean View.\u00a0\u00a0It was certainly a nice day, and great to see everyone come and pay their respects.\u00a0 For me, it was an opportunity to show Erica the names of her and Great-Grandparents and Great-Great Grandparents!\u00a0 In the future, I&#8217;m looking forward to a time where I can tell her more about family that have passed on.\u00a0 I can tell her with a lot of fondness about what they did, what\u00a0they were like, and how a part of them lives on in us.<\/p>\n<p>I find it interesting observing how visits to the cemetary change over time.\u00a0 The first few years it&#8217;s very sad and solemn, but over the years I think it gradually changes to a happier occasion, remembering the good times with other family members and talking about&#8230; well life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As I look at the dates, it&#8217;s hard to comprehend how quickly time has passed.\u00a0 I like to think that it&#8217;s a reminder to focus on the relationships and things that are happening now, and not spend too much time dwelling on the past or future.<\/p>\n<p>That night, e&#8217;s nose starts running like a drippy faucet, and yep, she&#8217;s got a cold.\u00a0 Poor thing can&#8217;t breathe so she wakes up all cranky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0069.JPG\" title=\"e with a cold\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0069.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"e with a cold\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Well our first long weekend of the year&#8230; started off with the yearly visitation to Forest Lawn and Ocean View.\u00a0\u00a0It was certainly a nice day, and great to see everyone come and pay their respects.\u00a0 For me, it was an opportunity to show Erica the names of her and Great-Grandparents and Great-Great Grandparents!\u00a0 In the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekandevonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}