{"id":81,"date":"2008-01-07T17:45:27","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/?p=81"},"modified":"2008-01-07T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T22:45:27","slug":"for-brandon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/2008\/01\/07\/for-brandon\/","title":{"rendered":"For Brandon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had all sorts of ideas for today.  But as the day wore on, this song was all I&#8217;ve been hearing.  Today would have been my youngest son&#8217;s, Brandon, 32nd birthday.  This is the only song I asked be played at his memorial, so all I&#8217;m going to say about that is what is below.  Oh, and one other thing, I&#8217;ve kept my promises, Brandon, I&#8217;m still taking care of Cisco for you and I still think of you every single day.  much love, dad<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nzeMzo_4pxA\" target=\"blank\">One Sweet Day<\/a><br \/>\nSorry, I never told you, all I wanted to say.<br \/>\nNow it&#8217;s too late to hold you. &#8216;<br \/>\nCause you&#8217;ve flown away, so far away.<\/p>\n<p>Never, Had I imagined, yeah, living without your smile.<br \/>\nFeelin&#8217; and knowing you hear me.<br \/>\nIt keeps me alive. Alive!<\/p>\n<p>And I know you&#8217;re shining down on me from Heaven,<br \/>\nLike so many friends we&#8217;ve lost along the way,<br \/>\nAnd I know eventually we&#8217;ll be together.<br \/>\nOne sweet day.<\/p>\n<p>Picture a little scene from Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Darling, I never showed you.<br \/>\nAssumed you&#8217;d always be there.<br \/>\nI took your presence for granted.<br \/>\nBut I always cared<br \/>\nAnd I miss the love we shared.<\/p>\n<p>And I know you&#8217;re shining down on me from Heaven.<br \/>\nLike so many friends we&#8217;ve lost along the way.<br \/>\nAnd I know eventually we&#8217;ll be together.<br \/>\nOne sweet day.<\/p>\n<p>Picture a little scene from Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Although, the sun will never shine the same, I&#8217;ll<br \/>\nalways look to a brighter day.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, Lord, I know, when I lay me down to sleep,<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll always listen, as I pray!<\/p>\n<p>And I know you&#8217;re shining down on me from Heaven,<br \/>\nLike so many friends we&#8217;ve lost along the way,<br \/>\nAnd I know eventually we&#8217;ll be together.<br \/>\nOne sweet day.<\/p>\n<p>And I know you&#8217;re shining down on me from Heaven,<br \/>\nLike so many friends we&#8217;ve lost along the way,<br \/>\nAnd I know eventually we&#8217;ll be together.<br \/>\nOne sweet day.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, I Never told you, all I wanted to say<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had all sorts of ideas for today. But as the day wore on, this song was all I&#8217;ve been hearing. Today would have been my youngest son&#8217;s, Brandon, 32nd birthday. This is the only song I asked be played at his memorial, so all I&#8217;m going to say about that is what is below. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10,13,31],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-brandon","tag-cisco","tag-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}