{"id":773,"date":"2008-10-18T10:11:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T10:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2009-02-07T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T10:23:27","slug":"13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/10\/18\/13-years\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Years!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s so hard to believe, sometimes, that it has been so long.\u00a0 On this day, 13 years ago, my life completely changed.\u00a0 Actually, on this day, I had no idea about the change that was about to take place.\u00a0 At the time, it seemed hopeless, but was really just the dark before the dawn.\u00a0 On this day, 13 years ago, in Camp Pendleton, California, I thought my world was ending and that I had finally destroyed everything.\u00a0 Looking back now, it was only the beginning and each day, month and year since has been filled with eye-opening growth and clarity.\u00a0 What I learned is that no matter how bad any moment seems, there is always the next moment.\u00a0 For life is a series of moments and each one is a potentially new start.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13 years later, it is hard to believe the person I once was.\u00a0\u00a0 I am thankful, everyday, however, that I was given a second chance and that I was scared enough to take it.\u00a0 And I will always be thankful to Mark for saving my life.<\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"ddac3911c67bc0e3db301fc01952e3bc\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-2037599131475204\";\r\n\/* lworld 234x60, created 11\/29\/10 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8077549087\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 234;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s so hard to believe, sometimes, that it has been so long.\u00a0 On this day, 13 years ago, my life completely changed.\u00a0 Actually, on this day, I had no idea about the change that was about to take place.\u00a0 At &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/10\/18\/13-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775,"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}