{"id":2486,"date":"2022-05-21T10:58:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2022-05-21T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:58:55","slug":"17-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/2022\/05\/17-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here it is again. Another anniversary of the passing of my great father, now at year 17.
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That\u2019s a pretty long time, but to me it doesn\u2019t feel like 17 years. I am amazed at how fresh his passing still feels.<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember all of the details of that day. A day that seemed impossible just moments beforehand.<\/span><\/p>\n

That strange feeling radiating around in my chest, best described as an amplified sensation of shock and heartache. I get this sensation less as time marches on, but I\u2019m feeling it right now. <\/span><\/p>\n

I have matured since that day, and naturally I have adjusted as good as can be expected to this huge loss. None of us have a choice in this. We must find ways to regain happiness without those special family members, or great friends, or even great pets. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cutting is the key and it\u2019s a good thing. Do it as fast as possible. The sooner you can the better. However, it took me about 10 years. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cutting doesn\u2019t mean a complete emotional cut. It\u2019s about cutting off the pain from loss, and moving on to accepting your new world. <\/span><\/p>\n

Howard would say \u201cLife is for the living.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

I will face this day, head on, again, and practice his wise advice. <\/span><\/p>\n

What about some laughs? Perhaps \u201cMountain Wedding\u201d is on tap today.<\/span><\/p>\n

RIP Maggie Peterson, Betty Lynn, and ETB -with love. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here it is again. Another anniversary of the passing of my great father, now at year 17. That\u2019s a pretty long time, but to me it doesn\u2019t feel like 17 years. I am amazed at how fresh his passing still feels. I remember all of the details of that day. A day that seemed impossible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-howard-morris"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2s4Ro-E6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions\/2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}