{"id":5076,"date":"2011-03-24T10:04:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5076"},"modified":"2011-03-24T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:04:35","slug":"blessings-at-the-dmv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5076","title":{"rendered":"Blessings at the DMV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were good things and bad things about today&#8217;s visit to the DMV for the older boys.\u00c2\u00a0 Bad things like the rain and wind pounding us, but good things like the fun people who helped us, and how quickly we were served!<\/p>\n<p>But the worst thing was when I was told it would be 5 MONTHS (!!!) before we got these id cards.\u00c2\u00a0 My mouth dropped open as I said, &#8220;But we need them by the end of May when the boys are flying cross-country for the TSA.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s when I received the biggest blessing!! Our clerk turned to the her friend in another cubicle and said &#8220;Where is that TSA lady?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It turns out there was a gal there taking her DL test, who works at the Sacramento airport as some sort of TSA superior.\u00c2\u00a0 She told me all we needed for their ID was their birth certificate and that I could get a gate pass from the airline and accompany the boys through security and to their gate!!\u00c2\u00a0 She also gave me her phone number and email address and encouraged me to contact her if I had any more questions!\u00c2\u00a0<strong> What a blessing! <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5076\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D5076&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Blessings%20at%20the%20DMV\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5076\" data-text=\"Blessings at the DMV\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Blessings at the DMV\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5076\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5076\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Blessings%20at%20the%20DMV&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D5076&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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