{"id":11371,"date":"2025-04-08T13:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilboapassion.com\/nicht-kategorisiert\/article-patchwork-dad-a-look-back\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T05:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:46:47","slug":"article-patchwork-dad-a-look-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilboapassion.com\/en\/news-en\/article-patchwork-dad-a-look-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Article Patchwork &#8211; Dad, a look back"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11371\" class=\"elementor elementor-11371 elementor-11161\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">from Benjamin<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9daf86c elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-advanced-image-gallery\" data-id=\"9daf86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-advanced-image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bdt-avdg-9daf86c\" class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-skin-default bdt-grid bdt-grid-small bdt-child-width-1-1 bdt-child-width-1-3@s bdt-child-width-1-4@m\" data-bdt-grid=\"\" data-bdt-lightbox=\"animation: slide;\" data-settings=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;#bdt-avdg-9daf86c&quot;,&quot;tiltShow&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item 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class=\"ep-icon-plus-2\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fe312d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10fe312d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Exactly one year ago, I was allowed to contribute an article to the magazine <strong data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"263\">Family<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"292\"><strong data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"355\">&#8220;Patchwork-Papa: Vom Umgang mit Konflikten und Erwartungen&#8221;.<\/strong><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"607\">It was an honor to be able to write on this important topic &#8211; and I am still grateful for this opportunity today. But looking back, I can only say that it was more grace than skill. I am deeply grateful to God for all the blessings.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"801\">I would also like to thank my wonderful wife Alexandra. Through teamwork, patience and many conversations, we have overcome many a crisis together. If one stumbled, the other was there.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"964\">Sometimes you have to rise above yourself. Our family slogan is not <strong data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"921\">&#8220;Giving up is not an option&#8221;<\/strong> for nothing! &#8211; especially when life gets tough.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"1029\">The journey continues. The family adventure anyway.<br data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1022\">\ud83e\udd32\u270a\ud83e\udd1d\ud83d\ude4f<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1222\">If you would like to read the article (again) &#8211; you can find the <strong data-start=\"1080\" data-end=\"1090\">Family<\/strong> at newsagents, in magazine stores or digitally:<br data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1151\">\ud83d\udc49 <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bundes-verlag.net\/family\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1222\">https:\/\/bundes-verlag.net\/family<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759e91a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"759e91a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Benjamin Exactly one year ago, I was allowed to contribute an article to the magazine Family:&#8220;Patchwork-Papa: Vom Umgang mit Konflikten und Erwartungen&#8221;. 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