{"id":2402,"date":"2016-03-27T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2016-03-27T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T16:08:16","slug":"back-home-a-poem-about-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/back-home-a-poem-about-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Back Home- A Poem About Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I read this poem on Facebook and it really touched my heart.  I had such an amazing childhood- a huge backyard for whiffle ball games, a room of my own and parents that supported my love for horses and music.  Gatherings with extended family were a huge part of my child, vacations by myself to my grandparents house in Wyoming, cousin sleepovers and of course family reunions. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know who wrote this poem but I hope they won\u2019t mind that I share it with you.  I think it could easily be part of a family reunion or heritage scrapbook or a touching tribute for a special person in your life.<\/p>\n

Back Home<\/h2>\n

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\"family<\/a>
If I had the power to turn back the clock,
and go back to that house at the end of the block.
The house that was home when I was a kid,
I know that I\u2019d love it more now than I did.<\/p>\n

\"091268021\"<\/a>
If I could be back there at my mothers knee,
and hear once again,the things she told me.
I\u2019d listen now as I never listened before,
for she knew so well what life had in store.<\/p>\n

\"091268020\"<\/a>
And all the advice my dad used to give\u2026
his voice I\u2019ll remember as long as I live.
But it didn\u2019t seem really important then,
what I\u2019d give to live it all over again.<\/p>\n

\"Wells<\/a>
What I\u2019d give for the chance I once had,
to do so much more for my mom and dad.
To give them more joy and little less pain,
a little more sunshine-a lot less rain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But years roll on and i cannot go back,
whether I was born in a mansion or a shack.
I can start right now in the hour that\u2019s here,
to do something more for the ones I hold dear.
And since time in its flight is traveling so fast,
I can\u2019t spend it regretting that which is past.
But I’ll try to make tomorrow a happier day,
By doing my Good unto Others\u2026Today.<\/p>\n

(Author Unknown)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read this poem on Facebook and it really touched my heart.  I had such an amazing childhood- a huge backyard for whiffle ball games, a room of my own and parents that supported my love for horses and music.  … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[737,4,64,43],"tags":[794,618,489,702,795],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}