{"id":4483,"date":"2010-03-06T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2010\/03\/06\/danny"},"modified":"2017-09-17T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T22:25:36","slug":"danny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=4483","title":{"rendered":"Danny"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script><div style=\"text-align: center;\">I was 19 when I first met Danny. He turned his little head to me and smiled, as the rest of his body lay motionless in the hospital bed.<\/div>\n<p>Danny was two years old, playing outside his parent&#8217;s house one Sunday evening. As his Grandma was leaving after dinner, she backed the car over Danny&#8217;s body, crushing his spine. When I met him he was six.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Four years&#8230;&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">One day I told Danny about a land far, far away, in the deepest recesses of imagination, where wild things lived&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/981e3-mv5bmjixoda4mjcwof5bml5banbnxkftztcwmzm3ody4mg4040-_v1-_cr448011521152_ss100_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/981e3-mv5bmjixoda4mjcwof5bml5banbnxkftztcwmzm3ody4mg4040-_v1-_cr448011521152_ss100_.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/d7aea-mv5bmjmznjazmtg2of5bml5banbnxkftztcwnzuwnzaymg4040-_v1-_cr1600400400_ss100_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/d7aea-mv5bmjmznjazmtg2of5bml5banbnxkftztcwnzuwnzaymg4040-_v1-_cr1600400400_ss100_.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I bought him &#8220;Where the Wild Things Are&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/afae6-mv5bnzq1nzawodewm15bml5banbnxkftztcwnte4mji4mg4040-_v1-_cr00800800_ss100_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/afae6-mv5bnzq1nzawodewm15bml5banbnxkftztcwnte4mji4mg4040-_v1-_cr00800800_ss100_.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">and\u00a0 we wheeled around in his chair, pretending to be in that world, if only for a little while&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ddd47-mv5bmtkwmzmwmtc5mv5bml5banbnxkftztcwntm3ody4mg4040-_v1-_cr400012481248_ss100_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ddd47-mv5bmtkwmzmwmtc5mv5bml5banbnxkftztcwntm3ody4mg4040-_v1-_cr400012481248_ss100_.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I tried to watch the movie last night.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I was glad to remember Danny.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was 19 when I first met Danny. 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