{"id":1159,"date":"2010-01-12T18:54:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T18:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/2010\/01\/ice-ice-baby.html"},"modified":"2010-01-12T18:54:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T18:54:03","slug":"ice-ice-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/theirbadmother\/2010\/01\/ice-ice-baby.html","title":{"rendered":"Ice, Ice Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ql6bFnsZjj0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ql6bFnsZjj0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><\/object><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>My girl, taking her first independent steps on ice, which, for a Canadian child, is a moment of great importance. And if this means that the 2022 Winter Olympics are going to have one more Canadian figure skater\/speed skater\/female hockey player, well, who am I to speak against such a future?<\/p>\n<p>I can barely contain my pride, or my giggles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My girl, taking her first independent steps on ice, which, for a Canadian child, is a moment of great importance. And if this means that the 2022 Winter Olympics are going to have one more Canadian figure skater\/speed skater\/female hockey player, well, who am I to speak against such a future? 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