{"id":5058,"date":"2006-06-28T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2006-06-28T14:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5058"},"modified":"2022-10-10T19:41:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T23:41:45","slug":"picture-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5058","title":{"rendered":"Picture The Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are a Japanese orphan.<\/p>\n

You live in an orphanage in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

You are a baby.<\/p>\n

You live with many other Japanese orphans. You wait to be adopted. You wait to grow up. You wait to be rescued. You live your life.<\/p>\n

One day (May 28, 2006 to be exact) a visitor comes to the orphanage. How thrilling! You think, as you peer out between the slats of your crib: “Perhaps this will be the day I get a new mom and dad? Perhaps this will be the day I get noticed and rescued! Maybe today I will be adopted!”<\/p>\n

And then this walks through the door.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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