{"id":1974,"date":"2012-09-13T07:36:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T12:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2012-09-13T07:36:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T12:36:44","slug":"brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=1974","title":{"rendered":"Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>23 years ago today, my brothers were born.\u00a0It was not until recently (within the past few years) that I realized the significance of this day.<\/p>\n<p>My relationship with each of my brothers has evolved from that of squabbling siblings to becoming each other&#8217;s confidantes, friends, and family. I do not know what I would do without them in my life today.<\/p>\n<p>The relationships that we share with our siblings are unique. They are the people who have walked life with us&#8230;.who<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1975\" src=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Family-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Family-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Family.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>have witnessed the ups and downs of our families&#8230;who we can connect with on a special level. I cherish the conversations that I have with my brothers in which I can simply say &#8220;remember when&#8221; and the connection is instant.<\/p>\n<p>I know that I am not the only person to feel this way. I have talked with many of my friends and even my clients about their relationships with their siblings.<\/p>\n<p>As we grow up, it becomes harder to maintain this connection. We graduate, get a job, and sometimes move away. I want to encourage you to reach out to your sibling today and say hello and that you are thinking about them.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I am going to text\/call\/Facebook my brothers to wish them a happy birthday and to connect.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to share a fond memory\/story about one \u00a0(or more) of your siblings. We enjoy your comments!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 years ago today, my brothers were born.\u00a0It was not until recently (within the past few years) that I realized the significance of this day. My relationship with each of my brothers has evolved from that of squabbling siblings to becoming each other&#8217;s confidantes, friends, and family. I do not know what I would do without them in my life<a href=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=1974\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[65,48],"coauthors":[16],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-connection","tag-relationship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Family.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}