{"id":21002,"date":"2026-10-28T22:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=21002"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:28:53","slug":"big-day-for-big-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=21002","title":{"rendered":"Big day for Big R!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. River started his new job today as a special education paraprofessional! 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Car number four for this family. My insurance bills are through the roof, but I feel very fortunate that I&#8217;m able to help all of the kids have reliable transportation for school and work. We are lucky to be in a position that that&#8217;s an option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae2e4ec93671&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae2e4ec93671\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261028_201322233-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20999\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3220846511001951;width:489px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261028_201322233-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261028_201322233-500x376.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261028_201322233-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261028_201322233-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261028_201322233-399x300.jpg 399w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261028_201322233.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And how lucky am I that he let me take his picture twice in one day!! 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He was excited to return to a school we all know and love, and to have a job and some income! :) We also purchased car for him! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=21002\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-21002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-milestones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21004,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21002\/revisions\/21004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}