{"id":91,"date":"2008-02-22T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T12:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/91"},"modified":"2015-05-24T06:47:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T06:47:45","slug":"i-grow-because-they-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/91","title":{"rendered":"I grow because they care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This photo was taken when I was a little girl.&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t remember how old I was in the photo, but I do remember some precious moments back then.<\/p>\n<p>When I was small, I was a very shy girl.&nbsp; I only talked to my family and good friends, not to mention showing my feelings to other people.&nbsp; I was very nervous and shy when I met strangers or some relatives.&nbsp; Maybe I just talked too little, my mum used to call me &ldquo;turtle&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>I was extremely afraid of the dark when I was small.&nbsp; I even couldn&rsquo;t sleep at night and always thought that someone was walking around in the house.&nbsp; I usually cried at midnight &ndash; louder and louder until mum or dad came to comfort me.&nbsp; But one day, they just didn&rsquo;t come anymore, although I cried loudly and heartbreakingly.&nbsp; Maybe they were tired, or maybe they wanted me to be more independent and would go to sleep by myself.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I have changed a lot.&nbsp; Although my fear for the dark still holds, I am not that sensitive and insecure now.&nbsp; I think my uncle has changed me a great deal.&nbsp; He knew that I was very timid, so he always brought me to different places to meet more strangers.&nbsp; At first I couldn&rsquo;t break through and still refused to talk, but later I began to relax and relate more to people around me.&nbsp; I must also thank my mum, who has helped me grow.&nbsp; She is very patient with me no matter how slowly I change.&nbsp; She always prays for me and comforts me when I am scared.<\/p>\n<p>Now, here I am, stronger and braver, to give my heartfelt gratitude to my uncle and mum.&nbsp; Thank you Uncle Jose and mum, for your love and patience for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This photo was taken when I was a little girl. I don&rsquo;t remember how old I was in the photo, but I do remember some precious moments back then.<\/p><p>When I was small, I was a very shy girl. I only talked to my family and good friends, not to mention showing my feelings to other people. I was very nervous a.........<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/91\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","schoolyear-6"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}