{"id":30448,"date":"2025-10-28T14:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30448"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:40:34","slug":"30448","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30448","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOf course, buddy,\u201d I promised. \u201cAnd if you\u2019re not having fun, you just tell me, and we\u2019ll leave. Deal?\u201d I hoped I wouldn\u2019t have to follow through.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>### The Barbecue<\/p>\n<p>The gathering was already in full swing when we arrived. My father, spatula in one hand and beer in the other, strode over. \u201cThere\u2019s my grandson! Getting bigger every time I see him.\u201d He went to ruffle Lucas\u2019s hair, but Lucas flinched, clutching Mr. Bamboo closer. My father\u2019s smile tightened. \u201cStill carrying around that stuffed toy, huh? Time to put those away soon, sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30449\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOf course, buddy,\u201d I promised. \u201cAnd if you\u2019re not having fun, you just tell me, and we\u2019ll leave. Deal?\u201d I hoped I wouldn\u2019t have to follow through. \u2014 ### The Barbecue The gathering was already in full swing when we arrived. My father, spatula in one hand and beer in the other, strode over. \u201cThere\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30448\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30462,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30448\/revisions\/30462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}