{"id":3912,"date":"2022-02-24T23:29:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T05:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2022-02-24T23:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T05:30:02","slug":"birthdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/?p=3912","title":{"rendered":"birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week, my father celebrated his sixth birthday in the afterlife…still so surreal; sigh. Will it always seem this…strange<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I miss him so terribly much. Wish I could hug him. Wish I could see his face here, physically. Wish I could tell him ALL the things I appreciate about him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know he’s having the time of his life, celebrating it up with all his family and friends in Heaven. He is one of the reasons I carry so much faith and love. He modeled loving all people. He was a strong man of faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His methods weren’t the greatest, but he instilled so much Scripture into my life from a very young age (three!) and those verses continue to guide, comfort and empower me…daily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was brilliant, an acute observer, quick-tempered, grateful for all he had and readily asked for and extended forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was named David. According to The Holy Bible, David was a man after God’s own heart. My dad, flawed like me, was a man after God’s own heart. Wish I could’ve seen that while he was physically here; I would’ve told him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We represent the very heart of The Divine when we depend on the Power of Heaven, when we return (as often as necessary) to our foundation – the Ultimate Light and Eternal Love which carries us and empowers us to live in grace and forgiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While my dad was here on Earth, our relationship wasn’t close\/ideal. I began seeing all the good qualities after he relocated. I see him in dreams and visions; I know he’s close (closer now in some ways)…I know he loves me so much, supports my dreams, can relate to me and is so proud of me…it’s bitter-sweet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no prerequisite to love.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Establish healthy boundaries with those in your life (a secure fence around the property line).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy (as fully and as best as possible)<\/em> those who are presently in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empower yourself (in all the ways you need<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Day Hero:<\/em><\/strong> Gentle strength, Truth-teller, diligent worker, Man of Faith, witty, so many <\/em>words to describe you. Every moment Heaven grants with you is a gift. Fazal-Pa, I dedicate this post to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, my father celebrated his sixth birthday in the afterlife…still so surreal; sigh. Will it always seem this…strange? I miss him so terribly much. Wish I could hug him. Wish I could see his face here, physically. Wish I could tell him ALL the things I appreciate about him. I know he’s having the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[225,350,245,297,349],"class_list":["post-3912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birthdays","tag-celebratelife","tag-celebration","tag-grief","tag-grieve"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lalijean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/angele-kamp-poH6OvcEeXE-unsplash.jpg?fit=640%2C944&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3912"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3921,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912\/revisions\/3921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}