{"id":2915,"date":"2014-11-18T09:45:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T08:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2014-11-18T09:45:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T08:45:34","slug":"special-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/11\/18\/special-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Special gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2921\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"blog flowers\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-flowers.jpg 299w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-flowers-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a sweet surprise! \u00a0There was a knock on our door, and who did we find outside? \u00a0Two little angels bearing gifts of love! \u00a0It is so wonderful to be here with our grandchildren! \u00a0If we\u00a0have to wait for the final visit for my broken arm somewhere,\u00a0what better place to be?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2915&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a sweet surprise! \u00a0There was a knock on our door, and who did we find outside? \u00a0Two little angels bearing gifts of love! \u00a0It is so wonderful to be here with our grandchildren! \u00a0If we\u00a0have to wait for the &hellip; 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