{"id":10918,"date":"2020-02-14T07:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=10918"},"modified":"2020-01-21T22:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T03:42:23","slug":"to-lisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=10918","title":{"rendered":"To Lisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Let\u2019s make that promise to go hand-in-hand down this road<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>roads that lead into horizons<\/p>\n<p>dirt, loose gravel laying the way<\/p>\n<p>straight into unknowns before us<\/p>\n<p>and we are running (at times,<\/p>\n<p>bent over with laughter)<\/p>\n<p>anxious to move along our path<\/p>\n<p>kicking at the stones to make a mark<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>deep breaths of the warm air<\/p>\n<p>fill our lungs \u2013 we are content<\/p>\n<p>hand-in-hand, a pull and playful tug<\/p>\n<p>eyes fixed on the point ahead<\/p>\n<p>where the road becomes grayish-green<\/p>\n<p>and disappears into the clouds<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; just like our days,<\/p>\n<p>always unfolding\u2026<\/p>\n<p>we run, kick stones, and laugh<\/p>\n<p>for we recognize we are together<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>companions in life\u2019s journey<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Chris George<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2004\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s make that promise to go hand-in-hand down this road &nbsp; roads that lead into horizons dirt, loose gravel laying the way straight into unknowns before us and we are running (at times, bent over with laughter) anxious to move along our path kicking at the stones to make a mark &nbsp; deep breaths of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10920,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10918\/revisions\/10920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}