{"id":1740,"date":"2015-03-15T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/i-was-important-in-life-of-child\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:02:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:02:37","slug":"i-was-important-in-life-of-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1740","title":{"rendered":"I Was Important in the Life of a Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/AlexiaSpeech2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/AlexiaSpeech2.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Day 71 of Photo Inspirations.<br \/>\nWhat a joy it is to be watching my two Texas grandkids in their speech and debate competitions. They did so good yesterday. &nbsp;I&#8217;m so grateful, that within just a few hours, I can drive to be a part of these events that I know are laying a great foundation for their future. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PaytonJohnSpeech.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PaytonJohnSpeech.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The competitions continue today and Saturday. Not only am I getting to watch them, but I&#8217;m also a judge for other kids in the competitions. &nbsp; What an honor it is to be a part of something that is creating such strong young people to be dynamic speakers and leaders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BrennanPitching.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BrennanPitching.jpg\" height=\"268\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But if only I could have just been two places at one time. Watching my other grandson pitching winning baseball games in Arizona today, would have been awesome too. &nbsp; The fact that his parents believe in his athletic talents so much that they&#8217;re willing to invest in him and fly all the way to Arizona to show their love and support. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BrennanPayton.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BrennanPayton.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m so thrilled for the diversity in our family. &nbsp; I love that their parents are cultivating their talents and building strong leaders and cheering them on to be the best they can be in whatever they&#8217;re focusing on at the moment. &nbsp;These kids are their parents&#8217; greatest assets, and their most precious treasures. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.&#8221; &nbsp;&#8212; Forest E Witcraft, Teacher &amp; Scout Leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 71 of Photo Inspirations. What a joy it is to be watching my two Texas grandkids in their speech and debate competitions. They did so good yesterday. &nbsp;I&#8217;m so grateful, that within just a few hours, I can drive to be a part of these events that I know are laying a great foundation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3063,10531,8212,10532,10533,10534,7463,10535,10536,1889],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-competition","tag-cultivating-talents","tag-diversity","tag-dynamic-speaker","tag-forest-witcraft","tag-important-in-the-life-of-a-child","tag-judge","tag-laying-a-foundation","tag-love-and-support","tag-speech-and-debate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3406,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions\/3406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}