{"id":63,"date":"2012-01-22T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:28:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T01:28:48","slug":"birthdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/birthdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My twins turn 9 tomorrow. I got them two presents each.  I hope they like them.  They aren&#8217;t fancy, or big, or expensive, or anything.<\/p>\n<p>This is their first birthday after my divorce. I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like growing up with divorced parents. I don&#8217;t have any idea.<\/p>\n<p>I know people can turn out great growing up in divorced households.  I know that what&#8217;s important is being a loving parent, and giving your kids love, and giving them a safe and happy environment.  You don&#8217;t need to tell me that.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to be married to the person whom I was married to for 10 years (Fun fact: 10th anniversary happened 6 days before the divorce was final). I don&#8217;t want her back, ever. She did awful things to me; things I can&#8217;t forget.<\/p>\n<p>But, here&#8217;s this.  I wish I could have given my kids a mom and dad to grow up with. I wish I could have given them that.  I wish, I wish, I wish.<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, kids. I love you so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My twins turn 9 tomorrow. I got them two presents each. I hope they like them. They aren&#8217;t fancy, or big, or expensive, or anything. This is their first birthday after my divorce. I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like growing up with divorced parents. I don&#8217;t have any idea. 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