{"id":334,"date":"2010-01-29T04:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=334"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:08:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:08:39","slug":"for-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"For D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blcampion.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blcampion-180x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431981735978595506\" \/><\/a>What can I say, dear friend, to ease your heart in its breaking?<\/p>\n<p>There are no perfect words when someone dies; there is no easy way through pain.<\/p>\n<p>We grasp for comfort, but grief has a way of hitting like a tidal wave; it&#8217;s hard to find a steady place to stand when your whole world is upside down.<\/p>\n<p>Know this: that each day is a treasure and that love is its own reward.<\/p>\n<p>I still believe in prayer and that something good and kind comes from it.<\/p>\n<p>My prayer for you is that you continue to reach out <br \/>and ask for what you need <br \/>that you are able to say what you need to say <br \/>and that you go easy on yourself. <\/p>\n<p>Please help me to care for you now<br \/>the way you have done for so many and for me<br \/>Take your time&#8230;<br \/>Understand there is no right or wrong way<br \/>Carry on&#8230;<br \/>Let me stand beside you again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can I say, dear friend, to ease your heart in its breaking? There are no perfect words when someone dies; there is no easy way through pain. We grasp for comfort, but grief has a way of hitting like a tidal wave; it&#8217;s hard to find a steady place to stand when your whole &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=334\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">For D.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}