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<\/a><\/p>\nIt is what it is<\/em> – this is the answer to every dilemma I face anymore. When difficult things happen and it’s probably going to be something stressful, I’ve determined that the best strategy for me is to accept that it is what it is<\/em> and move forward dealing with it or leaving it alone. I used to really stress about minute things, things out of my control, and stupid things. Between being numb to life crisis and I’m sure, with age, I’ve pretty much learned that again, it is what it is!<\/p>\n A brief synopsis of my blog: I’m 54 years old and the mother of three amazing kids, grandmother to two fabulous grandkids, as well as a\u00a0caregiver for\u00a0my 91 year old aunt. For twenty years, I was the primary caregiver for my mother who had serious health problems, the most devastating of which was stage five renal failure. After a difficult struggle the last several years, my mother succumbed to her deteriorating health in April 2016. I’ve talked about writing a book about my crazy life for many years but could never get myself to start it. So I thought I would try my hand at blogging about it first. My hope is that in reading my stories you might find some humor, support, or just a little comfort knowing you’re not alone in this sometimes overwhelming\u00a0life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is what it is – this is the answer to every dilemma I face anymore. When difficult things happen and it’s probably going to be something stressful, I’ve determined that the best strategy for me is to accept that it is what it is and move forward dealing with it or leaving it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/angie-williams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}