{"id":416,"date":"2007-05-02T23:15:53","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T15:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=416"},"modified":"2007-05-02T23:15:53","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T15:15:53","slug":"childrens-effect-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/childrens-effect-1\/","title":{"rendered":"children’s effect (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just thought to list some benefits i’m afraid soon will be gone..\"\"
\nAgain the thought of leaving them seem quite real to me …
\nHowever i still hesitant for the lost i might suffer …
\nFor i know what are they meant to me …<\/p>\n

Children, i love them because they enjoy my being not my doing
\nChildren, i love them because they value what i do and not what i say
\nChildren, i love them because they make fun of what i say and not what i am \"\"<\/p>\n

I know i will lose all my creative thoughts
\ni will lose moments being candid and ability to laugh at myself
\ni will lose my persistence on what’s right and pure
\ni will lose parts of me
\ni will lose those precious moments
\ni will lose those beautiful memories<\/p>\n

i’m still thinking …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just thought to list some benefits i’m afraid soon will be gone.. Again the thought of leaving them seem quite real to me … However i still hesitant for the lost i might suffer … For i know what are … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,48],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart","category-poems","tag-children"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1928,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/experience-vs-head-knowledge\/","url_meta":{"origin":416,"position":0},"title":"Experience vs Head Knowledge","author":"clay","date":"January 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I heard a sharing from a brother about his experience that opened up his eyes. 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