{"id":1639,"date":"2015-08-04T23:57:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T06:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2015-08-04T23:57:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T06:57:20","slug":"happy-birthday-to-my-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2015\/08\/04\/happy-birthday-to-my-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to my dad"},"content":{"rendered":"

She said, “You don’t look very handsome. You should wear a white shirt”<\/p>\n

He said, “You know what? I have a white shirt with me.”<\/p>\n

She watched as he buttoned up each button. When the one in the middle wouldn’t stay in place because the shirt only fit him 10 pounds ago he said, “You know there’s no one else in the world I would change into this shirt for.”<\/p>\n

I said, “That’s the power of a woman”<\/p>\n

But in this case it was just a little girl. A special girl. The granddaughter of the birthday boy. Who wore her special dress, flew to see Dede in his favorite place, and with her brother made the day even more special than it already was. <\/p>\n

That’s the power of unfiltered, honest love. That’s the connection a birthday brings whether you’re 4 or 56. And that’s why having these moments, recording them, and sharing them is so special. <\/p>\n

Happy birthday babacigim. <\/p>\n

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She said, “You don’t look very handsome. You should wear a white shirt” He said, “You know what? I have a white shirt with me.” She watched as he buttoned up each button. When the one in the middle wouldn’t stay in place because the shirt only fit him 10 pounds ago he said, “You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[66,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-qr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1211,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/06\/01\/happy-birthday-amelia\/","url_meta":{"origin":1639,"position":0},"title":"Happy birthday Amelia!","date":"June 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Darling Amelia. 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