I have written it in email over and over again, and I’ve said it to a few friends, but I still can’t make sense of the words: My grandmother is very sick, and I am leaving on a last-minute trip to the Philippines tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
What do I know?<\/p>\n
That I am so grateful to have a husband who is here for me. I am so out of sorts as it is, I can’t imagine how lost I’d feel without him.<\/p>\n
That I will miss him while I’m gone. It will be the longest we’ve been apart since getting married nearly 2 years ago, and it’s not just the other side of the country. It’s oceans and time zones away, and there’s no email.<\/p>\n
That I am glad I can be there for my mom, even though I have no idea what to say to her when we speak.<\/p>\n
That I am sad. Just really, really, really sad. Even though I know all the wise and beautiful things people say about life and death–and I believe in God and heaven and that things all happen for a reason–I am still sad. (And I know that is okay that I am.)<\/p>\n
Please send your thoughts and prayers to my grandma, my family and myself. We need–and so appreciate–them.<\/p>\n
See you in 2 weeks, dear friends. xo <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have written it in email over and over again, and I’ve said it to a few friends, but I still can’t make sense of the words: My grandmother is very sick, and I am leaving on a last-minute trip to the Philippines tomorrow morning. What do I know? That I am so grateful to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maganda.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}