{"id":6617,"date":"2011-11-28T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2011-11-28T16:12:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T21:12:21","slug":"the-hand-he-holds-november-28-2011-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/the-hand-he-holds-november-28-2011-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hand He Holds, November 28, 2011 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6618\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/025.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6618\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6618\" title=\"025\" src=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/025-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/025-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/025.jpg 613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My husband holding the hand of my son<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The hand a boy holds guides a boy for a lifetime.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That hand can be callous and cold teaching the boy hard work and discipline.<\/p>\n<p>That hand can be strong and gentle teaching the boy that strength and kindness are possible together.<\/p>\n<p>That hold on his hand can be firm and commanding teaching the boy that intimidation and power are important.<\/p>\n<p>That hold can be strong but loose enough to let go teaching the boy security but openness to let him grow on his own.<\/p>\n<p>That man can be mean and demanding teaching the boy to be mean and demanding as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>That man can be loving and understanding teaching the boy to be loving and understanding as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>That man, that dad, that father figure will teach that boy by example every day of his life to be the man he will one day become. One day that little boy will hold the hand of his little boy and the cycle will continue.<\/p>\n<p>How are you holding your son\u2019s hand today? Because that is how he will hold your grandson\u2019s hand tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The hand the boy holds guides him for a lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is your husband holding your son&#8217;s hand?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[550,864,358,292,865,27,359,863],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}