{"id":2,"date":"2015-04-11T14:46:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T20:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-05-30T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T13:53:13","slug":"about-gwumpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/about-gwumpa\/","title":{"rendered":"About Gwumpa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png?w=940\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p>I&#8217;m a gwumpa.<\/p>\n<p>A grandfather, more precisely, but to those who matter to these stories, I&#8217;m simply Gwumpa.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the ones who sing with me when no one else is around to hear my squawking.<\/p>\n<p>The ones who think that a dusty old model car is a trophy for winning a racing event, even when told the car was actually a gift from someone long ago.<\/p>\n<p>The ones who look at their mom and dad and then at me, and play, &#8220;spot the differences&#8221; in their heads.<\/p>\n<p>The ones who carry on my parents&#8217; legacy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very aware of how precious are the moments of clarity the little ones bring to us &#8211; if we are tuned in enough to listen to what we are hearing.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why this site exists&#8230; to help me remember this as my life force ebbs and wanes.\u00a0 Perchance to bring a smile to your face.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you have the honour of recognising these these moments, too, with your own children and little grandbitties.\u00a0 If so, you are blessed indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Peace and awareness to you , always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a gwumpa. A grandfather, more precisely, but to those who matter to these stories, I&#8217;m simply Gwumpa. Those&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P62ahB-2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}