{"id":3741,"date":"2011-08-25T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2011-08-25T12:30:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T19:30:21","slug":"short-shameful-confession-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2011\/08\/25\/short-shameful-confession-14\/","title":{"rendered":"short shameful confession #14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back when I was in high school and had limited mobility due to having recently lost my leg (to cancer), my boyfriends often carried me wherever we were going. It got me there faster than if I were to ambulate myself, and also fed my uber-romantic teen desires to be swept off of my feet by a beau (I will confess that such moments fueled many a Twilight-like fantasy).<\/p>\n<p>But now it&#8217;s been years&#8211;if not decades&#8211;since I&#8217;ve gotten a &#8216;lift&#8217; from anyone (the one exception might be that time a few months ago that a wave was pulling me away from my canoe and a teammate picked me up and carried me to safer waters). I&#8217;m rather proud of my ability to get places on my own two feet, so I tend to look back on my years of being &#8216;carried&#8217; by men as a bit shameful now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>However, a few days ago I got a piggyback ride up the stairs to the second story of my house&#8230;and I enjoyed it far more than I imagined that I would. What a sweet feeling it was to trust myself to someone else&#8217;s strength for a few moments&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/category\/ssc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Previous short shameful confessions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back when I was in high school and had limited mobility due to having recently lost my leg (to cancer), my boyfriends often carried me wherever we were going. 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