{"id":622,"date":"2011-07-29T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/07\/a-letter-to-my-freaked-out-younger-self\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T20:35:26","slug":"a-letter-to-my-freaked-out-younger-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/07\/a-letter-to-my-freaked-out-younger-self.html","title":{"rendered":"A letter to my freaked out younger self"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>In which a calmer bebearded me proffers some counsel to a considerably younger behatted me about the goodness of the marriage he is about to embark upon.<\/a> If you are young, behatted, or most especially thinking about marriage, recently married, or even mustaschioed instead of bearded (though Patrick Madrid does not count since he is old and mustaschioed and married with a lot of grandkids), then this may scratch where you itch.<\/p>\n