{"id":4221,"date":"2006-03-09T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/coming-to-you-from-pa.html"},"modified":"2006-03-09T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2006-03-09T17:54:26","slug":"coming-to-you-from-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/coming-to-you-from-pa.html","title":{"rendered":"Coming to you from PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which has the baby so excited he cannot sleep. I am telling you &#8211; this baby has been up since around 5:30 AM, and hasn&#8217;t napped yet. I have no idea what&#8217;s gotten into him &#8211; perhaps he thinks the plane ride meant he would be back in Rome at the end of it. In that case, I should have brought the baby carrier and walked around the block, at which point he would surely drop off. <\/p>\n<p>This is quite strange, and while I should be preparing for this talk, my brain is full of various contigencies: will he experience meltdown while in the care of someone else while I&#8217;m talking ? Will he fall asleep for a bit and then be up all night? Hmmm. Thank goodness this is a talk I could give in my sleep at this point&#8230;oh, as I make it delightfully new every time..but of course!<\/p>\n<p>Now, that baby&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which has the baby so excited he cannot sleep. I am telling you &#8211; this baby has been up since around 5:30 AM, and hasn&#8217;t napped yet. I have no idea what&#8217;s gotten into him &#8211; perhaps he thinks the plane ride meant he would be back in Rome at the end of it. 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