Our most precious youngest child, Julia, turns fourteen today {we have three other most precious children, but only Julia is youngest}.\u00a0 The end of her first teenage year has seen Julia blossom into a gorgeous young lady, whose empathy far exceeds the average.\u00a0 Her sense of humor is sharp, pointed, and piquant.\u00a0 Her sense of justice, a razors edge capable of cutting through the mass media\u2019s misleading mistruths.\u00a0 In a word, Julia is a gem.<\/p>\n
For her fourteenth birthday, Julia received a few small things:-<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll likely notice the candy theme \u2013 yes, Julia has a sweet tooth perfectly matching her personality, and her nature.\u00a0 Are we biased where our beloved youngest daughter is concerned?\u00a0 Naturally, but our pride has cause, and significant justification \u2013 beneath are links to posts on my blog that reveal a tiny part of Julia\u00a0\u2013 should you have the time, or inclination to follow them.\u00a0 I beg you, do \u2013 Julia will reveal how precious a young, unfettered soul can be.<\/p>\n
The Wind and the Tree<\/a> \u2013 a poem, most precious.<\/p>\n Hoodless, is little red riding\u2026<\/a> \u2013 Julia\u2019s pointed sense of humor, revealed.<\/p>\n A child\u2019s poem, to her mother<\/a> \u2013 Julia\u2019s Christmas gift, to her mother {she socked me, with socks}.<\/p>\n Julia, my gem<\/a> \u2013 this reveals Julia\u2019s caring nature, nicely.<\/p>\n Morning Musings<\/a> \u2013 evidence of Julia\u2019s ability to cut through the mass media\u2019s hyperbole.<\/p>\n Three versions of truth<\/a> \u2013 Julia, showing her wit at her father\u2019s expense \u2013 a price I\u2019m always glad to pay.<\/p>\n You heard what?<\/a> \u2013 Julia, supporting her father in opposition to her mother \u2013 this happens so rarely I simply had to write about it :).<\/p>\n Location, an arcane art<\/a> \u2013 remember the Air Heads candy, above?<\/p>\n Back home!<\/a> \u2013 demonstrates Julia\u2019s ability to switch focus from herself.<\/p>\n Julia, and all her siblings feature often in my thoughts, which I post on on Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 You can find more of her, and her influence on me, by doing a search for “Julia” using WordPress search feature on the right just beneath the site picture – I recommend it, thoughts of Julia, will soothe your soul.<\/p>\n In summary let me reveal a secret \u2013 Julia\u2019s character holds the place of highest honor in my series, Malmaxa \u2013 see if you can identify her, she appears early in the tale \u2013 which you can read right here<\/a>. {pardon me the plug}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our most precious youngest child, Julia, turns fourteen today {we have three other most precious children, but only Julia is youngest}.\u00a0 The end of her first teenage year has seen Julia blossom into a gorgeous young lady, whose empathy far exceeds the average.\u00a0 Her sense of humor is sharp, pointed, and piquant.\u00a0 Her sense of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}