{"id":1454,"date":"2015-03-24T22:02:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T02:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2015-03-24T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T02:02:15","slug":"sometimes-you-just-need-a-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/sometimes-you-just-need-a-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes You Just Need a Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1455 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/orig-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"orig\" width=\"113\" height=\"151\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1456\" src=\"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/afterkids-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"afterkids\" width=\"113\" height=\"151\" \/>Sometimes you just need a smile. \u00a0Like most, I have good, bad and terrible days, but I found something that makes me smile. \u00a0Like a lot of developers, I have a few vendor stickers on my equipment.<\/p>\n<p>My kids noticed this and thought I need more stickers. \u00a0Oh &#8211; Oh! \u00a0Is dad going to be upset? \u00a0Nope!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I have left the stickers on my iPad. \u00a0It makes me smile every time I use my iPad. \u00a0I can have the worst day and when I see my iPad, I just have to smile. \u00a0More importantly, the kids smile because they believe they did something nice.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend finding the one small thing that you can just look at and smile. \u00a0It is important and Sometimes You Just Need a Smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you just need a smile. \u00a0Like most, I have good, bad and terrible days, but I found something that makes me smile. \u00a0Like a lot of developers, I have a few vendor stickers on my equipment. 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