{"id":2929,"date":"2020-10-28T17:04:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2022-09-28T18:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:29:44","slug":"its-a-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/?p=2929","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s A Boy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a crazy world. So many things are in our face, going wrong, and worse, we&#8217;re being manipulated to comply with an agenda that is not in our best interest.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout all this craziness, there remains one constant.<\/p>\n<p>Life.<\/p>\n<p>Life is precious. In a world where some have a complete disregard for the miracle of life, we must know, there is still hope.<\/p>\n<p>Life continues. Humanity still finds a reason to hope for the best. This as seen as young couples around the world prepare to expand their families with the birth of the next generation.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2910 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/authorleewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madhuri-mohite-kWJm2a6DbAw-unsplash.jpg?resize=175%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/authorleewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madhuri-mohite-kWJm2a6DbAw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/authorleewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madhuri-mohite-kWJm2a6DbAw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C976&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/authorleewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madhuri-mohite-kWJm2a6DbAw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C732&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/authorleewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madhuri-mohite-kWJm2a6DbAw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1464&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Today, I see in the eyes of my grandson, the hope that burns eternal. The idea that we as a people will persevere.<\/p>\n<p>We have a beautiful baby boy to show for all my daughter&#8217;s hard work and sacrifice (my son-in-law too).<\/p>\n<p>I never thought I&#8217;d say it, but, I&#8217;m officially a grandma. A role that I will take on with gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m thankful for the safety of my family, and the birth of my healthy grandson. A beautiful starseed, who, along with other&#8217;s born at this time, will save the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a crazy world. So many things are in our face, going wrong, and worse, we&#8217;re being manipulated to comply with an agenda that is not in our best interest. Throughout all this craziness, there remains one constant. Life. Life is precious. In a world where some have a complete disregard for the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/?p=2929\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s A Boy!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,16,29,31],"tags":[367,40,368],"class_list":["post-2929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author","category-blog","category-lee-woods","category-writing","tag-celebrations","tag-family","tag-gift-of-life"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorleewoods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}