{"id":974,"date":"2012-09-01T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T17:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/?p=974"},"modified":"2012-10-12T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T17:56:43","slug":"growing-pains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/01\/growing-pains\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Pains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a recent conversation about pain&amp;growth I had with my 8yr old son that warmed my heart&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDavid:<\/strong> &#8220;Daddy, I woke in the middle of the night because my legs hurt really bad. I think it was <em>Growing Pains<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Daddy:<\/strong> &#8220;Awe, ouch. I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>David:<\/strong> &#8220;Do Growing Pains mean <em>I&#8217;m<\/em> growing?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Daddy:<\/strong> &#8220;Yes, I believe they do.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>David:<\/strong> &#8220;Oh good. That&#8217;s what I was thinking about during them, and it made me feel better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-981\" title=\"http:\/\/heartofthematteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Growing-Plant-post.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/growing_pains_sept1_2012-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/growing_pains_sept1_2012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/growing_pains_sept1_2012-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/growing_pains_sept1_2012.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nNow on Facebook!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com FB page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief<br \/>\n<\/a>Now on Twitter!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras<br \/>\n<\/a>Check out my book!\u00a0<a title=\"my book \" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/<br \/>\n<\/a>Feeling grateful? or feeling low?\u00a0<a title=\"HISTG Thank You Card blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/sign-the-thank-you-card-today\/\">Sign the Thank You Card!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here to return to my home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/\">click here to return to home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a recent conversation about pain&amp;growth I had with my 8yr old son that warmed my heart&#8230; David: &#8220;Daddy, I woke in the middle of the night because my legs hurt really bad. 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