{"id":12017,"date":"2016-04-12T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=12017"},"modified":"2016-04-12T11:46:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:46:18","slug":"8th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/8th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"8th year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-DSC_0973.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12018\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-DSC_0973.jpg\" alt=\"1-DSC_0973\" width=\"434\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-DSC_0973.jpg 434w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-DSC_0973-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What have you done for more than seven years? As I list the things that fall into this category,\u00a0I find the big things in life,\u00a0such as\u00a0family roles, education, and teaching.\u00a0This blog turned 7 last week while we were in Washington D.C. and like a family member, I remembered its birthday and thought, wow, I am grateful for that little blog. Then I rubbed my aching feet and kept walking.<\/p>\n<p>Vintage\u00a0isn&#8217;t automatically\u00a0the best measure of importance, and I could never equate writing a blog with life roles. (It&#8217;s my father-in-law&#8217;s 80th birthday today. Now THAT is an actual accomplishment!)\u00a0However,\u00a0writing for an audience\u00a0has\u00a0been good for me. It&#8217;s kept my frustrations in check. (Do I really want people to read my complaints? Will I really be this upset in a few hours? No, I guess not.) It&#8217;s helped me to see my blessings. (Wow, those kids are pretty cute.) Writing has helped me form my ideas. (Do I really believe what I say I believe? How can I explain that better?) For a time, it took home schooling out of my head and to the screen where I could look at it more objectively. (Hey, I really AM\u00a0educating these kids.) It has helped me to connect with people. Connection is very important to me.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading. You are true friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have you done for more than seven years? As I list the things that fall into this category,\u00a0I find the big things in life,\u00a0such as\u00a0family roles, education, and teaching.\u00a0This blog turned 7 last week while we were in Washington D.C. and like a family member, I remembered its birthday and thought, wow, I am &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/8th-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">8th year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12019,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions\/12019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}