{"id":155,"date":"2007-07-17T12:53:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T17:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marktime.org\/?p=155"},"modified":"2009-01-27T14:02:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T19:02:40","slug":"quiet-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marktime.org\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From about the beginning of my high school years through my college years, my birthday was generally a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>It takes place in the summer.\u00a0 Summers at that time were the time when I was living at home (during college) or spending more time at home (during high school).\u00a0 My parents and I had a lot of friction during that time and during college it got so bad that they nearly lost their relationship with me on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, my birthday acted like a lightning rod.\u00a0 I remember having a screaming match with my parents EVERY birthday.\u00a0 Even when Carolyn (now wife, then girlfriend) was in the house it didn&#8217;t help.\u00a0 I have a very clear memory of sitting in the basement in tears, emotionally wrung out after a fight, and Carolyn didn&#8217;t know what to do to console me.\u00a0 She should never have been subjected to that.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since then my goal for my birthday has been to have a quiet day.\u00a0 For the most part this means just Carolyn and I at home.\u00a0 Family celebrations are welcome on other days.<br \/>\n<span id=\"ef12e0787b7\">While exhaling during abdominal breathing the chest  <a href=\"https:\/\/pdxcommercial.com\/order-6808\">lowest priced viagra<\/a> and sternum sink stimulating the thymus gland. 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