{"id":6019,"date":"2012-04-08T05:12:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T12:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2012-04-08T05:12:27","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T12:12:27","slug":"hes-the-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2012\/04\/08\/hes-the-man\/","title":{"rendered":"He&#8217;s the man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today GameBoy turns <strong>18<\/strong>.\u00a0 And&#8230;I think it might be time for a new moniker, he is no longer my Game<em>boy<\/em> (although, of course, he will always be my boy).<\/p>\n<p>My life changed forever on the morning he was born.\u00a0 I learned then what it&#8217;s like to care more about another person&#8217;s life than about my own.\u00a0 He was the greatest gift that I&#8217;d ever been given, and I still think he&#8217;s 100 percent totally and completely perfect, just because he is himself.<br \/>\n<a title=\"cowboy weejeeham! by pilgrimgirl, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/450051346\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/254\/450051346_e8bd1e3715_m.jpg\" alt=\"cowboy weejeeham!\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a few months he&#8217;ll be moving on to the next phase of his life (right now, it&#8217;s looking like Portland and Lewis&amp;Clark College are on the horizon for him but that&#8217;s not yet fully decided).\u00a0 I will surely be shedding many tears as I launch him from the nest this fall.\u00a0 But&#8230;I also just can&#8217;t wait to see what he will become!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"it's his birthday by pilgrimgirl, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/3490742270\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3316\/3490742270_3689fff791_m.jpg\" alt=\"it's his birthday\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_9244 by pilgrimgirl, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/6050816736\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6207\/6050816736_b7e3366548_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9244\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today GameBoy turns 18.\u00a0 And&#8230;I think it might be time for a new moniker, he is no longer my Gameboy (although, of course, he will always be my boy). 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