{"id":9032,"date":"2023-05-17T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=9032"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:07:15","slug":"2023-may-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2023\/05\/17\/2023-may-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah’s big day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you know what is in May?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My boy’s birthday. Elijah turned 6! How in the world that happened is beyond me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ever since he has seen the new Top Gun movie (Maverick) he has wanted to have that be his theme for his birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of his gifts from friends and family were things like Airplanes, top gun glasses a matching jacket, and dinosaurs (of course). Here are some pictures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He had a good time, and enjoyed it. Before we brought him out we got the “Top Gun” music playing on one of the portable speakers we have and played it for him as he entered. If you can’t tell, he was happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six years. How is that even possible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “zenosyne” phenomenon is real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you know what is in May? My boy’s birthday. Elijah turned 6! How in the world that happened is beyond me. Ever since he has seen the new Top Gun movie (Maverick) he has wanted to have that be his theme for his birthday. 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