{"id":56826,"date":"2014-08-26T08:23:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56826"},"modified":"2014-08-26T08:23:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:23:06","slug":"dennis-prager-reflects-on-the-death-of-his-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56826","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Prager Reflects On The Death Of His Father"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dennis writes<\/a>: My father loved my mother. He loved her more than anyone or anything in life. They were married for 69 years, together for 73. Growing up, my brother and I were largely emotional afterthoughts in my father\u2019s life. Emotionally speaking, we were tenants in our parents\u2019 house. That is why, as I said above, it was a blessing that our parents lived so long. They had all those years to express more love.
\nBut I had something in my father more important than emotional closeness. I had a strong ethical\/moral model. I have always worn an invisible but powerful bracelet with the letters: WWDD. What Would Dad Do?
\nThe ideal for a son is to have an emotional bond with his father who is also a strong ethical model. But, if you can only have one, the latter is more important than the former.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dennis writes: My father loved my mother. He loved her more than anyone or anything in life. They were married for 69 years, together for 73. Growing up, my brother and I were largely emotional afterthoughts in my father\u2019s life. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dennis-prager"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t