{"id":7823,"date":"2021-03-20T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=7823"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:02","slug":"nobody-to-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=7823","title":{"rendered":"NOBODY TO WORRY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We wrapped up our Myrtle Beach trip this morning, checked out a few minutes before 10 and hit the road. It was cold and dreary, and I was thankful &#8211; making it easier to leave.\u00a0 After about 5 hours on the road, we re-evaluated our plans to spread the drive over two days and found that the four of us were unanimous in our desire to sleep in our own beds tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we pushed through, making it to our own front door by 11:00 pm after an uneventful day of travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dogs were so excited to see us that they both lost their breath and started wheezing. Sad!<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samuel and I dragged the suitcases in from the car. Melissa unloaded the food from the cooler into the refrigerator. And then &#8230; I didn&#8217;t have anyone to call.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom has been gone for a year and a half now and it is always these moments when I and\/or the family arrive somewhere safely that I find myself very aware of her absence.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to call her and say, &#8220;I just wanted you to know we made it home safely&#8221; so that she could reply, &#8220;I appreciate that. You know I worry.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wrapped up our Myrtle Beach trip this morning, checked out a few minutes before 10 and hit the road. It was cold and dreary, and I was thankful &#8211; making it easier to leave.\u00a0 After about 5 hours on the road, we re-evaluated our plans to spread the drive over two days and found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7824,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7823\/revisions\/7824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}