{"id":31043,"date":"2022-11-14T14:15:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charanis.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15-minutes-for-25-years\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T14:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:15:05","slug":"15-minutes-for-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charanis.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/14\/15-minutes-for-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Minutes for 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well the article hit Sunday and I\u2019m a bit overwhelmed at mostly the kind words from folks on my wife Stephanie\u2019s Facebook share and the comments on LinkedIn. I\u2019m talking about my 15 minutes of fame in an article in Sunday\u2019s AJC paper 25 years of reading to kids<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought everyone knew where I was disappearing every Thursday for lunch but I guess not. And as I shared a few blog posts back it was something that was ego driven 25 years ago but has become my personal respite of feel good and doing good in really a private way. It adds up I guess and I\u2019m grateful for it all. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well the article hit Sunday and I\u2019m a bit overwhelmed at mostly the kind words from folks on my wife Stephanie\u2019s Facebook share and the comments on LinkedIn. 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