{"id":27,"date":"2020-11-11T09:37:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T09:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2021-11-11T19:41:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:41:47","slug":"life-is-like-a-box-of-chocolates-you-never-know-what-youre-gonna-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/life-is-like-a-box-of-chocolates-you-never-know-what-youre-gonna-get\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you&#8217;re gonna get."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jasonlilley-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Lilley\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jasonlilley-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jasonlilley.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/>Meet Jason Lilley, an Iraqi war veteran. As a helicopter door-gunner this Marine was literally in the line of fire more frequently than most. He&#8217;s a man of great courage, a patriot, a husband, and father of three wonderful kids.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-3\">After 13 failed knee operations and years of agonizing pain, he made the harrowing decision to have his own leg amputated. On the day of his surgery he smiles from ear to ear. His wife Michelle asks,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Why are you smiling?&#8221;<\/em>. Jason replies,\u00a0<em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got the perfect Halloween costume&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-3\">Watch the video below. Jason&#8217;s story is very moving. It&#8217;s inspiring how this Marine found a silver lining to stay positive and uplift others.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-center mb-4 mt-4\">\n<div class=\"\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/DTlljdmgg8Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-3\">To learn more about Jason and how you can help visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/JasonLilley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouCanFollow.Me\/JasonLilley<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5\">#walkwithjason #veteran #MARINECORPS #Semperfi #oorah #inspiration #lieutenantdan #lifeislikeaboxofchocolates #youcanfollowme<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/life-is-like-a-box-of-chocolates-you-never-know-what-youre-gonna-get\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Jason Lilley, an Iraqi war veteran. As a helicopter door-gunner this Marine was literally in the line of fire more frequently than most. He&#8217;s a man of great courage, a patriot, a husband, and father of three wonderful kids. After 13 failed knee operations and years of agonizing pain, he made the harrowing decision &#8230; <a title=\"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you&#8217;re gonna get.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/life-is-like-a-box-of-chocolates-you-never-know-what-youre-gonna-get\/\" aria-label=\"More on Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you&#8217;re gonna get.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanfollow.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}