{"id":838,"date":"2007-11-21T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=838"},"modified":"2007-11-21T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T18:12:08","slug":"im-not-giving-up-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m not giving up Hope&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;but I&#8217;ve taken down the crib.  There is nothing sadder than an empty crib.  I&#8217;ve boxed up the blankets.  Shoved the early gifts from well-intended family members into drawers.  If the boys ask I have the convenient excuse that Grammy needs to borrow the crib &#8211; <em>Bless You Grammy! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know anything new.  I haven&#8217;t heard from anyone in at least two weeks.  I pray Princess is still safely in the same foster family &#8211; but I don&#8217;t even know that for sure.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Psalm 73:26<\/p>\n<p class=\"pad2020\"> My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"main-left\">&nbsp;<\/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=838\" 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%3D838&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=I%27m%20not%20giving%20up%20Hope...\" 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=838\" data-text=\"I&#039;m not giving up Hope...\" 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=\"I'm not giving up Hope...\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=838\" 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=838\" 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%20I%27m%20not%20giving%20up%20Hope...&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D838&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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