{"id":2121,"date":"2009-04-28T01:37:37","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T01:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2009-04-28T01:37:37","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T01:37:37","slug":"our-boys-are-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/our-boys-are-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Boys Are Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-19131.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2122\" title=\"shapeimage_1-19\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-19131-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-19131-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-19131-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-19131.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of our favorite people in the whole world ate supper with us last night. Adrian, a Romanian foreign exchange student who lived with us for several months in 2001, was back in Iowa for a week before starting his new job in Singapore. He walked in the kitchen, and it was as if he\u2019d never left, as if we were still an integral part of his life.<\/p>\n<p>The best things about Adrian remained unchanged &#8211; his enthusiasm for adventure and travel, his love for his family and his delight in the people who have been part of his life. But, as we caught up on each other\u2019s lives, we could see how our boy has changed. His story of landing his first job showed us how determined he\u2019s become, how serious he is about contributing to society, how sober he is about the present financial downturn.<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s attitude on the phone last weekend was a duplicate of Adrian\u2019s. He was serious about life, grateful to have found his dream job in a down economy, responsible and optimistic, apprehensive about the future, but determined to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>I reflected on their similar attitudes and realized what has happened to them since 2001. In spite of the times, or perhaps because of them, our boys have become men. Unless I am mistaken, they will be fine men, the kind who not only make the world a better place, but also find joy while doing so, even when times are hard.<\/p>\n<p>Our boys are men, and my heart is glad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our favorite people in the whole world ate supper with us last night. Adrian, a Romanian foreign exchange student who lived with us for several months in 2001, was back in Iowa for a week before starting his new job in Singapore. 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