{"id":3199,"date":"2006-04-11T11:14:58","date_gmt":"2006-04-11T11:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/souvenirs.html"},"modified":"2006-04-11T11:14:58","modified_gmt":"2006-04-11T11:14:58","slug":"souvenirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/souvenirs.html","title":{"rendered":"Souvenirs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, I could have gone all out in searching for souvenirs from Rome to give my two young adult sons. Art reproductions, fancy models of landmarks, Italian-made Man Garments.<\/p>\n<p>But, instead, I settled, along with a few other geegaws,&nbsp; for a pen into which is constructed a model of St. Peter&#8217;s, surrounded by a liquid of some sort, in which a tiny figure of Pope Benedict floats up and down.<\/p>\n<p>Because I&#8217;m classy that way.<\/p>\n<p>And do you know what? <\/p>\n<p>Oldest son swears that his fine grades since March are totally due to his use of the Pope pen.<\/p>\n<p>Son #2 is, judging from the away message his got on his IM account, deeply distressed because he&#8217;s misplaced his &#8211; he&#8217;s posted twice about it over the past day. <\/p>\n<p>See, I know my children. As I said, we&#8217;re a classy bunch. Get &#8216;er done.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, I could have gone all out in searching for souvenirs from Rome to give my two young adult sons. 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