{"id":570,"date":"2025-12-12T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/?p=570"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:47:44","slug":"the-day-i-taught-my-brother-a-lesson-hed-never-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"The Day I Taught My Brother A Lesson He\u2019d Never Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light mycontentblock has-medium-font-size wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;min-height:114px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-198 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1024x186.png\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1024x186.png 1024w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-768x139.png 768w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1536x279.png 1536w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-2048x372.png 2048w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1320x239.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-4d396166 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center my-cover-title has-ast-global-color-8-color has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-c95056a53db2e48cf93602ad8dbbdc60\"><strong>The Day I Taught My Brother A Lesson He\u2019d Never Forget<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7284ba9c530d258ed70f710b03aacde9\">I watched my two nephews so my brother could go on a date. He said he\u2019d be back by 8 a.m. It was my only day off. No sign of him. <strong>At 2 p.m. he texts, \u201clol just woke up.\u201d Didn\u2019t answer any of my calls.<\/strong> I was furious. So without telling him I packed up his kids, left a sticky note on his door, and drove an hour to the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    atOptions = {\n        'key' : '9e49f4ce267f7bab92bbdb38b733742b',\n        'format' : 'iframe',\n        'height' : 90,\n        'width' : 728,\n        'params' : {}\n    };\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/brillianceremisswhistled.com\/9e49f4ce267f7bab92bbdb38b733742b\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d02f7e1121dd48cf0714b6e7241105b8\">I didn\u2019t bring sunscreen, extra clothes, or even snacks. Just my backpack, my wallet, and two hyperactive kids under six who had never seen the ocean. Was it irresponsible? Probably. But I was mad, and I needed space. And honestly, they were the only reason I hadn\u2019t exploded already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4377f6f5a0b47ad93884ccd43fd69846\">My brother, Marcus, had pulled this before. But never this bad. He always said, \u201cCome on, you\u2019re the cool uncle. They love you.\u201d As if that made it okay. Like my time, my plans, my rest\u2014none of it mattered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f662d23fbd796b22061548642694e260\">By the time we got to the beach, the kids were asleep in their car seats. I sat there, engine off, watching waves in the distance and wondering how my life got so tangled in his messes. Ten minutes later, little Aiden woke up first. \u201cAre we at the ocean?\u201d he asked, eyes wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c1f20e12aa92748ccad4aa4e6db47cc0\">I nodded. \u201cYep. Surprise adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d40620a0e42cd7e32c6f23235f99d32\">\u201cCan we touch the water?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-826c7b16bb2e205b6af8a86591dbc7dd\">I looked at his sneakers. \u201cOnly if you take those off and promise not to cry when they get sandy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9365045b26473bb45959320fd1412163\">He grinned. \u201cDeal!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f8b3691cac2edc10976bed332c1bc086\">By the time I helped little Noah out of his seat, Aiden was already halfway across the sand, arms flapping like wings. Noah clung to me, quiet as usual. He was more sensitive than his older brother. Quieter. Observant. You could see it in his eyes\u2014he was always watching, always thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ef177505deaa0b391e3e034827e32c8f\">We spent the next hour building the saddest excuse for a sandcastle ever. Aiden kept knocking it over on purpose, shouting, <strong>\u201cGodzilla attack!\u201d while Noah tried to rebuild, sighing dramatically each time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6922e4b0ba50a5a34ac06a56b5995ffe\">At some point, I forgot I was angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bb17c476bc7193c7738d31ad3c77489d\">The sun was warm. The ocean was loud but calming. And for a while, it felt like maybe this unexpected day had its own kind of purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9235ce18551f20cf899b19db39449930\">I let them get soaked. I let them eat ice cream with sand-covered fingers. I even let them bury my legs in the sand. When Aiden asked, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you have kids?\u201d I laughed and said, \u201cBecause I have you two monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b09ba942e3aa87a726d9ae5c0daac01\">Noah chimed in, \u201cWe can be your kids today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37eb1fffd44544600bc39eb0818ca2eb\">I swallowed the lump in my throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41982f697c4787caff1b7c269b0bb771\">It was around 6 p.m. when I finally got a call from Marcus. I ignored it. Then another. I silenced it again. And again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-406e7af1bafc34c35e8fb72fd0196bec\">I was tempted to block him. But I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21255e109751f461ac009edc7f3a0634\">Instead, I texted: They\u2019re safe. We\u2019re at the beach. Don\u2019t bother driving down. We\u2019re sleeping at my place tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22d35b4e93acdac1f4f840368c60ecf9\">He sent a series of \u201c???\u201d and \u201cWhat the hell?\u201d messages, followed by \u201cYou had NO RIGHT.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1512abceb8d15353a24a8810a98d803\">That was rich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fc1b830ef5529c40e00cd5e5269f10ab\">I didn\u2019t respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-defca3f55ed6880c625f60f4c31b9244\">That night, the boys fell asleep watching cartoons on my couch, both still smelling like sea salt and bubblegum ice cream. I sat in the kitchen, staring at my phone, wondering when being the \u201creliable one\u201d became my identity badge. I never signed up to be anyone\u2019s backup parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5248b200c8ca25d70491cc6a6b1a11ab\">Marcus showed up uninvited at 9 p.m. I heard the knock, then the second one\u2014louder this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a4d65828804e38afb03cde75f3accfaf\">I opened the door halfway. \u201cThey\u2019re sleeping. Lower your voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce2fbe495788adcba34e9b6d8c63ba4a\">\u201cWhat the hell, man?\u201d he hissed. \u201cYou can\u2019t just disappear with my kids!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6aedecda0fe201956a0176365c4e7436\">\u201cOh, you mean like how you disappeared after your date?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6099bd1a414918f87913184f831eee20\">He rolled his eyes. \u201cI was tired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3e8211b64928f0a5b9f4f9524118a54c\">\u201cNo, you were irresponsible,\u201d I snapped. \u201cYou left your kids with no food, no updates, and no plan. Again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40ce2a5e417193d40f95d726975eebd6\">He stepped back, biting his lip. \u201cYou could\u2019ve called.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-68320af2f3bf44e0d19b336bbaa6d590\">\u201cI did. You didn\u2019t answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b349b1acdbb0481d81e594faa4d78a0d\">We stood there in silence. He looked past me toward the couch, where a cartoon was still flickering on low volume. Then he said something that actually stunned me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d6483a0ce405a7400275409d14ab6ae2\">\u201cI think I messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f29692c691932e9ab0a4c25bd9a2404e\">I blinked. \u201cYou think?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01c0376fbfbc39200af40c44062bb2e0\">\u201cNo, I mean\u2014I know. I just\u2026 I haven\u2019t had a night out in months. I needed it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53b4bae7f4623d960f8707cdbf64d0ff\">\u201cAnd I needed rest,\u201d I said. \u201cBut I still showed up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-63ff0473b396e1882a18e6ad1c2da524\">He leaned against the doorframe, suddenly looking smaller. \u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d1093a505ec225bb0053c1d886682006\">It took everything in me not to unleash the full speech I\u2019d been rehearsing in my head all day. But the kids were sleeping. And something in his face told me he wasn\u2019t just saying it to end the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2ffba35613154a7a417fb9410a8f4c26\">He sighed. \u201cI\u2019m not doing great, man. The boys exhaust me. Work\u2019s been rough. And dating\u2026 it\u2019s stupid. I just wanted one night to feel like I was still me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7927e096fcc58bd2adaa8827c1a701b8\">I studied him. He had bags under his eyes, his shirt was wrinkled, and for the first time, he looked like a single dad barely holding it together. Not some careless dude who used his brother as a free babysitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4471ce30665aa516d0a363caa5f68b4d\">\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me that?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6b8053bbd398905d6c91f85043d89a21\">\u201cBecause I thought you\u2019d judge me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d3b2ddaf8e9faa67568b4b789a7eef6d\">I shook my head. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t. But you gotta stop assuming I\u2019ll just step in without notice. I\u2019m not your safety net.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee65fc325d7e6edd728c7bb8f8c97199\">\u201cI know,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ae346709e00a991abbae31ebd5a4b178\">I let out a long breath. \u201cLook. I love your boys. I\u2019d die for them. But I need boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50ae1ff72e42deebdded2e5e3a05b57f\">He nodded. \u201cUnderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d837628af59ec1ffbbb9099adffe2ad7\">\u201cAnd you need help,\u201d I added. \u201cLike real help. A routine. A sitter. Maybe even therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c08893ab2ee12ae5d518165ba9d0893c\">He actually laughed. \u201cYeah. Probably all of the above.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e5701091f6f20e882e2cd377851629cc\">After a few more minutes, I let him in. He sat on the floor next to the couch, watching his kids sleep. There was something raw in that moment. Something real. No masks. No sarcasm. Just a tired dad realizing he\u2019d nearly broken the only support system he had left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a6113ad83a708b9dbfc20088c336f470\">That night, he crashed on my other couch. The next morning, he made the kids pancakes\u2014burnt, but the effort counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-570efdee70706b566a0f80041029ae06\">Weeks passed. Then months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a837c428f815bfb8602bfdfb62627b11\">And you know what? He changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4908c7eb008cc8cfed327f8385d04b73\">Not all at once. But slowly, steadily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7dba7fe7231b749a205aa08eb64e0bea\">He started booking sitters when he needed nights out. He stopped calling me last minute. He even signed up for a co-parenting support group his coworker recommended. Said it made him feel less alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2e00b23be90e5a5d0bbdfb8cd3fea11c\">One Saturday, he invited me to a \u201cthank you brunch.\u201d The boys had made me a card\u2014crayons all over the place, but it said: \u201cUncle, You\u2019re Our Hero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b4d3917d8fd68c7a82b53e1a2c82a401\">I cried. Like actually cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24c717ac62b5b997edabb3d53f607496\">Later that day, Marcus pulled me aside. \u201cI never said this before, but\u2026 when the boys\u2019 mom left, I almost gave up. You kept me from falling apart. Even when I didn\u2019t deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-800ac1a1640f3ed5e3da79354806b5f0\">I didn\u2019t say much. Just patted his shoulder and nodded. Because sometimes, words aren\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17f9957b5808b4d515bd881355c0be39\">Here\u2019s the twist, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2af90087b42043bdc32ac46050dd526d\">Six months later, he got a call from his ex. She wanted to come back. Said she missed the boys. Missed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66b278a0904a76144948e199b3e6e7f3\">Old Marcus might\u2019ve jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6d5a6962804d8815f1bd1279f407ce80\">But this version?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-922b087f4fdf06e045f5507f8e0b03d5\">He told her no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ae0df44969c5bd4c914946a889f96fe7\">Said he didn\u2019t want to invite that chaos back into their lives. That the kids were finally stable. That he was finally stable. And he didn\u2019t want to risk undoing the progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0dbf92a09a9c137662fbbd88a083508a\">I asked him if that was hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-614ec304e7d6570db30a7f908f4a9cd7\">He said, \u201cNot as hard as learning to be a better dad. That part was way harder. But worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52e7a38950ad1f777909608ef5fd6d81\">Now, every Sunday, we do breakfast together. The boys rotate between our houses. And Marcus and I? We\u2019re not just brothers anymore. We\u2019re partners in raising two wild, incredible kids who are lucky enough to be loved by both of us in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51f493f119250aefb77cdc36695d5cf7\">The lesson?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c98d93a3814b55952b2c2e93b545f6e\">Sometimes people don\u2019t need lectures. They need wake-up calls disguised as consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3f4c3abe87342539ad74a5604e212915\">Sometimes love looks like taking the kids to the beach and turning your phone off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-284130f7da073cf8e5f6f4a51e431ec2\">And sometimes, the most important lessons come on your only day off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-04e875978271760505be1fac63331b50\">If this story hit home for you, share it. Maybe someone out there needs to hear that people can change when you stop enabling and start setting boundaries. <strong>Like it, comment if you\u2019ve ever been the \u201cresponsible one,\u201d and pass it on to someone who could use the reminder:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dfae39cdff1eb1bd08a71752115def05\"><strong>You\u2019re not selfish for protecting your peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-efad1012da0f4c8eb8e375655c5149f5\"><strong>You\u2019re wise.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched my two nephews so my brother could go on a date. 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