How can it be that a child of mine is now fifteen?!<\/p>\n
Guess this is the feeling every birthday ~ what? another year flew by already?<\/p>\n
We had such<\/em> a grand and delightful time with our village celebrating this occasion!<\/p>\n Adorable one of mine was stunning in her Quinceneara top and skirt, her perfectly suited tiara (gift from one of her grandmothers), her first ever rosary (made by a grandmother so dear to us), decked in jewelry gifted by family and friends and her first ever stilettos ~ a gorgeous rose gold (another gift from family)<\/em>.<\/p>\n She was anointed with oil, had blessings, prayers and Scriptures spoken over her…a delicious cake and cupcakes, a sweet and fun first dance, her favorite kind of food, a hall so nicely decorated by family and friends and a dance floor filled with people she loves and who love her so dearly!<\/p>\n This night was a joy beyond description for me and my village. My heart was\/is so full to have this special event for her. It is truly Heaven’s favor!<\/p>\n I AM most grateful for the kind people who helped bring this dream to life and made the night such a lovely and fun one for all, but especially for my brave, beautiful and brilliant daughter!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n She rated it a 10\/10 and that is all that matters!<\/p>\n Which special events do you remember with fondness?<\/p>\n What happy times can you go back to in your mind<\/em> to remind yourself how good life can be?<\/p>\n What can you do to celebrate yourself today?<\/p>\n Common Day Hero:<\/span><\/strong><\/em> It’s only been a short time but I count you dear to me. One of the reasons you ranked high so quickly<\/em> is because you were born on such a special\/significant day! Your connection to The Divine, your fierce protection of your children and your commitment to your husband are just a few ways that your life is exemplary. Shevona, I dedicate this post to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How can it be that a child of mine is now fifteen?! Guess this is the feeling every birthday ~ what? another year flew by already? We had such a grand and delightful time with our village celebrating this occasion! Adorable one of mine was stunning in her Quinceneara top and skirt, her perfectly suited…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4345,"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":[225,442,247,378,443,114,27,440,441],"class_list":["post-4344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birthdays","tag-blessings","tag-fun","tag-gifts","tag-goodtimes","tag-joy","tag-love","tag-quince","tag-quinceneara"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lalijean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5824.jpg?fit=1280%2C1140&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","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=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4362,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions\/4362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}