{"id":12,"date":"2012-08-29T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gypsypilgrimjourney.wordpress.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2012-08-29T19:18:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T19:18:00","slug":"waiting-on-a-jet-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2012\/08\/29\/waiting-on-a-jet-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting on a Jet Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gypsypilgrimjourney.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dsc03927.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gypsypilgrimjourney.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dsc03927.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" width=\"311\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Family gathering August 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s 12:05 pm and I am waiting for my plane at the Saskatoon airport. Though I have been preparing for this day for more than two months, it doesn&#8217;t quite compute that this is actually happening. Perhaps it will make an impact upon me when I land in Paris and take the RER into the centre of the city. Right now, I am a combination of sad and numb. I barely held it all together when I said goodbye to my wife just a short while ago. Tears fell and I had to resort to some deep breathing in order to regain control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am making this pilgrimage alone. Other than the occasional conference or extended stays away from home for psychoanalysis, I haven&#8217;t done anything alone for over forty years. Two weeks ago we had a family reunion in our home and had the obligatory photo taken to mark the event. During the reunion, I tried to explain why I needed to go on this pilgrimage. My children accepted my choice without exception, but their spouses were confused. I don&#8217;t blame them. Even I don&#8217;t really understand why I got this call to go on a pilgrimage. All I know is that I must answer the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 12:05 pm and I am waiting for my plane at the Saskatoon airport. Though I have been preparing for this day for more than two months, it doesn&#8217;t quite compute that this is actually happening. Perhaps it will make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2012\/08\/29\/waiting-on-a-jet-plane\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}