{"id":1040,"date":"2007-07-31T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2007-07-31T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T21:50:00","slug":"back-and-forth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/07\/31\/back-and-forth\/","title":{"rendered":"back and forth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/__UOnyOrkWqs\/Rq_-sYfjwrI\/AAAAAAAAAIs\/I7AI-b9am20\/s1600-h\/IMG_3586.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/__UOnyOrkWqs\/Rq_-sYfjwrI\/AAAAAAAAAIs\/I7AI-b9am20\/s200\/IMG_3586.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093569742021837490\" \/><\/a><br \/>When my little ones were truly little, I had a favorite chair<br \/>a rocker that I found at &#8216;The Giving Spot&#8217;<br \/>(a place where things were left that needed a new home)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d just birthed my son and I wanted a rocker for nursing him<br \/>This chair was old, an antique<br \/>Some chips in the paint, one arm a bit loose<br \/>But it still had life left in it<\/p>\n<p>We rocked and we rocked.<\/p>\n<p>Probably an hour or more together per day<br \/>Not to mention my solo rocking as I read and crocheted<br \/>and dreamed<\/p>\n<p>We gave that chair away about five years ago<br \/>There just wasn&#8217;t room for it anymore<br \/>And it was more than a bit shabby-looking<br \/>and in need of fixing beyond my dabs of wood glue<\/p>\n<p>For some reason I was looking at some ads on craigslist yesterday<br \/>And I happened upon a photo of a rocking chair<br \/>Not the same chair, but the same chair<\/p>\n<p>And now its mine.  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