{"id":2128,"date":"2009-11-26T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2009-11-26T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T17:00:23","slug":"giving-thanks-for-crazy-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/26\/giving-thanks-for-crazy-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Thanks &#8211; For Crazy Siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2129\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2129\" data-attachment-id=\"2129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/26\/giving-thanks-for-crazy-siblings\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Click on the image to get a more detailed look.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am-600x450.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2129\" title=\"mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Click on the image to get a more detailed look.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-44-28-am.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to get a more detailed look.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My sister Dawn, who couldn&#8217;t make the trip from Detroit for the birth of #3, sent along a care package for the family. It includes a variety of interesting and useful items for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, she thought she would help with the &#8220;timing&#8221; of any future children, since the timing of this one was not totally of our choosing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2130\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2130\" data-attachment-id=\"2130\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/26\/giving-thanks-for-crazy-siblings\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am-600x450.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2130\" title=\"mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mobile-photo-nov-26-2009-10-46-48-am.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kind of a conflicting message here. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Thanks Dawn. I love you baby sister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister Dawn, who couldn&#8217;t make the trip from Detroit for the birth of #3, sent along a care package for the family. It includes a variety of interesting and useful items for all of us. 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