{"id":998,"date":"2008-01-26T10:32:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-26T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=998"},"modified":"2008-01-26T10:32:14","modified_gmt":"2008-01-26T17:32:14","slug":"a-few-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"A few stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a horrible memory after losing Joshua.  I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s the grief or the effects of my sleep apnea before diagnosis&#8230;but I can&#8217;t remember very much.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, my hubby (and his family) are story tellers.  So they keep reminding me of funny things my kids do.  I was reading <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-mama.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/lets-take-his-e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amy&#8217;s blog today &#8211; one of her kids was too funny<\/a> and it reminded me a of a funny story.  Hope it makes you smile \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>When J1 was 4 and J2 was 2 &#8211; we were really trying to teach J1 that he had a choice &#8211; a good choice or a bad choice &#8211; and the choice would have consequences &#8211; a good consequence or a bad consequence.  We were using simpler language of course!  Well, J1 did something &#8211; no idea what &#8211; and Eric said &#8220;Well, J1, what will you choose?  (no reply) &#8220;You need to choose.&#8221; (no reply) Now, getting frustated &#8220;Choose!&#8221; and little J2 pipes up &#8220;Choose nany!!&#8221; Nany=Candy! \ud83d\ude09  <em>edited to add &#8211; no, candy was never a good consequence, it was just a favorite treat! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another time &#8211; someone (I can&#8217;t remember who &#8211; my mom? my mil?) said to J1 &#8220;Didn&#8217;t you hear a little voice tell you that it wasn&#8217;t a good idea?&#8221; to which he replied &#8220;Yeah, J2&#8230;.but then he did it too!&#8221; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I wish I could remember more &#8211; maybe I&#8217;ll ask Eric to start blogging all our family stories so I don&#8217;t have to worry about losing my memories!<\/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=998\" 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%3D998&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=A%20few%20stories\" 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=998\" data-text=\"A few stories\" 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=\"A few stories\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=998\" 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=998\" 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%20A%20few%20stories&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D998&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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