{"id":586,"date":"2011-09-21T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2011\/09\/second.html"},"modified":"2015-01-13T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T19:16:15","slug":"second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2011\/09\/second.html","title":{"rendered":"Second…."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Once upon a time I was a little girl with a big mouth and lots of opinions. (I know.\u00a0 Big shock, right? I\u2019ll warn you next time before I spring one on you like that.)\u00a0 I was 5 years old and wanted to be the First <\/span>Woman President<\/span> of the <\/span>United States<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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My mother laughed and asked me what I would do if someone else did it first.\u00a0 I shrugged and replied, \u201cI\u2019d do something else because no one ever remembers second.\u201d\u00a0 True story.<\/p>\n

Also a story with a point.\u00a0 I\u2019m in second place y\u2019all, in the Cannonball Catholic Awards.\u00a0 Will you help?\u00a0 Would you please head on over there and vote for me in Potpourri of Popery and Best Underappreciated?\u00a0 The link is right HERE<\/b><\/a> .<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve grown to like the winner\u2019s plaque on my sidebar and would like to keep it (and maybe add a second one to it) for another year.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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