{"id":345,"date":"2012-05-30T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T19:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2012-05-30T12:31:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T19:31:10","slug":"alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about doing things alone. You know, going to the grocery store, parallel parking, seeing a movie in theatres, going out for dinner. We never seem to realize how different things are alone. What fun is it to go to the grocery store without a friend? But we must adapt. We must come to understand that we can\u2019t always have a companion for life\u2019s everyday tasks. While that\u2019s ideal, it\u2019s far from reality. It\u2019s just the adjustment period of becoming an adult. Not the kind of adult who turns eighteen in high school and now has voting rights. This is the kind of adult who lives his or her own life. And that\u2019s the scariest thing of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"