{"id":5832,"date":"2012-06-26T23:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T03:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=5832"},"modified":"2012-06-26T23:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T03:09:56","slug":"proud-doesnt-begin-to-describe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=5832","title":{"rendered":"Proud doesn&#8217;t begin to describe&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She woke up and you could tell she already felt different. \u00a0She seemed different.<\/p>\n<p>She reminded her little brother that this was her big day at least 4 (or 40) times.<\/p>\n<p>She took extra care getting dressed and asked specifically for two braids in her hair. \u00a0Everything had to be just right.<\/p>\n<p>Today my girl graduated from senior kindergarten.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9525.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5833\" title=\"DSC_9525\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9525.jpg 750w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9525-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9525-290x193.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I walked into the school library, decorated with balloons and banners, it hit me. \u00a0Life as we know it was about to change. \u00a0But I was ok, until I saw her walk into the room. \u00a0Seeing her in her handmade cap literally made my heart burst open in my chest. \u00a0I felt like I couldn&#8217;t breathe for a minute or two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9575sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5834\" title=\"DSC_9575sm\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9575sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9575sm.jpg 750w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9575sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9588sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5835\" title=\"DSC_9588sm\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9588sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9588sm.jpg 750w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9588sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But then she looked at me. \u00a0Eyes bright, smile from ear to ear. \u00a0And suddenly, instead of feeling sad, I felt at ease. \u00a0She was thrilled. \u00a0 She walked across the stage and picked up her diploma with confidence, surrounded by all her friends. \u00a0I couldn&#8217;t ask for more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9599sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5836\" title=\"DSC_9599sm\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9599sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9599sm.jpg 750w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_9599sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am so very proud of my girl. \u00a0 This adventure has been one of my most favourites ever, and I can&#8217;t wait to see where else we get to go with her. \u00a0What a ride it will be.<\/p>\n<p>And just for fun:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5837\" title=\"Untitled-1\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Untitled-1.jpg 750w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Untitled-1-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She woke up and you could tell she already felt different. \u00a0She seemed different. She reminded her little brother that this was her big day at least 4 (or 40) times. She took extra care getting dressed and asked specifically for two braids in her hair. \u00a0Everything had to be just right. Today my girl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5,26,29,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5832"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5839,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832\/revisions\/5839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}