{"id":1387,"date":"2014-05-27T08:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/wordpress\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2014-05-27T08:42:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T08:42:55","slug":"may-27-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/27\/may-27-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"May 27 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of my life has been a surprise.<\/p>\n

I was surprised when I found out other children came from loving homes that were not at the whim of a mother’s radical mood swings.<\/p>\n

I was surprised, that despite what my mother told me, I found someone who was happy to marry me and stick with me through the years.<\/p>\n

I was surprised at the depth of love I felt for my babies, my children, my teenagers- even when I was pretty sure they would cause me to go out of my mind.<\/p>\n

I was surprised that I was able to fulfill impossible dreams- it was as if everything I imagined I could never accomplish became possible: Teaching Lamaze courses, becoming a doula, becoming a family therapist, becoming a supervisor and teacher of family therapy, and becoming a tour guide in exotic places!<\/p>\n

I was surprised that when my children grew up, they would have lots of children and amazed at what good parents they became.<\/p>\n

I was surprised at how easy my transition to living in Israel was and am constantly surprised at how much I am aware of the blessing of living here.<\/p>\n

I was surprised each year on my birthday, because the years are flying by and while I still think of myself in my 20s or 30s, most of my children are older than that.<\/p>\n

My life has been filled with surprises, and I am grateful.<\/p>\n

\"Surprise!<\/a>

Surprise! It’s a begonia!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of my life has been a surprise. I was surprised when I found out other children came from loving homes that were not at the whim of a mother’s radical mood swings. I was surprised, that despite what my mother told me, I found someone who was happy to marry me and stick with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,74,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-health","category-family-life","category-getting-older","category-israel","category-ramblings","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t