{"id":1250,"date":"2014-01-23T21:20:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T11:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2014-01-23T21:22:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T11:22:17","slug":"in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just before Christmas in 2003, there was an addition to our family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/twinky4-3-1-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1251\" alt=\"twinky4 3-1-04\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/twinky4-3-1-04.jpg\" width=\"406\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had this stupid idea that this little bunny was going to live in a cage in the yard. She trained us up good. It&#8217;s been over ten years. I had no idea at the time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Princess Twinky\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Princess-Twinky.png\" width=\"398\" height=\"307\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Such a funny little thing. She liked to steal chocolate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/twinkyegg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1256\" alt=\"twinkyegg1\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/twinkyegg1.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And potatoes, even though they were bad for her, and we had to steal them back, and eventually hide them from her altogether.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/080408-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1254\" alt=\"080408 006\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/080408-006-600x450.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/080408-006-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/080408-006-480x360.jpg 480w, http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/080408-006.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know she&#8217;d become such an integral part of our family, that she&#8217;d come to mean so much to us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/100_8232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_8232\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/100_8232-600x449.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Twinkie left us today. She&#8217;d been unwell, and her age caught up to her. We knew she was declining, but it really became obvious<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0in the past few days. She&#8217;s better off now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/210908-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"210908 003\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/210908-003-600x450.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">And while we&#8217;re better off for having loved her, it&#8217;ll never be the same without her.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before Christmas in 2003, there was an addition to our family. I had this stupid idea that this little bunny was going to live in a cage in the yard. She trained us up good. It&#8217;s been over ten years. 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