{"id":5839,"date":"2011-11-18T11:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T18:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2011-11-18T11:40:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T18:40:21","slug":"humor-in-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5839","title":{"rendered":"Humor in the pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a pretty rough few days and we feel we are at the end of our rope.<\/p>\n<p>But in the midst of pain there is humor.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the boys has rediscovered his lifebook &#8211; his foster mom did a great job creating it for him!\u00c2\u00a0 This has lead to many conversations about their tummy mom, foster moms and everything else.\u00c2\u00a0 One topic of interest lately is what possible race they might be.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the kids is pretty sure his birth father was Latino.\u00c2\u00a0 But they all really look alike, so I don&#8217; t know.<\/p>\n<p>But this morning one of them says &#8220;I think I&#8217;ve got some Asian in me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really,&#8221; I reply, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I see that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, you might not see if, but you can know it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I give him a quizzical look and he says, &#8220;I make really good stir fry!&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 LOL<\/p>\n<p>oh dear<\/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=5839\" 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%3D5839&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Humor%20in%20the%20pain\" 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=5839\" data-text=\"Humor in the pain\" 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=\"Humor in the pain\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5839\" 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=5839\" 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%20Humor%20in%20the%20pain&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D5839&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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