{"id":9730,"date":"2009-08-13T22:22:01","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T06:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=9730"},"modified":"2016-08-16T13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T21:59:24","slug":"saying-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=9730","title":{"rendered":"Saying Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I said goodbye to a great girl the other day. We won&#8217;t be seeing each other anymore.<\/p>\n<p>She said how much she enjoyed our time together. That she always looked forward to seeing me. That she would always remember me. That I was challenging and always pushing her boundaries but in the final analysis, I knew when to stop pushing. That she felt she could connect to the part of me that was vulnerable and open.<\/p>\n<p>People have been saying the same things to me since I was a kid. Many of my teachers said I was the most challenging kid they ever had. Shouldn&#8217;t I change? Shouldn&#8217;t I grow up? 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