{"id":5825,"date":"2019-07-29T11:32:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T10:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2019-07-29T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T10:33:15","slug":"mom-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/07\/29\/mom-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Mom &amp; Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-MD-69-yrs-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5817\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-MD-69-yrs-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-MD-69-yrs-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-MD-69-yrs-2-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t find a sweeter, more caring couple than Roy\u2019s mom and dad. \u00a0If you want to see an example of what marriage can be, they are amazing!\u00a0 Their love for each other, for the Lord, and for anyone around them just shines out from their faces and is made very real by their actions.\u00a0 They celebrated their 69<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary last Sunday, July 21<sup>st<\/sup>.\u00a0 Mom has Alzheimer\u2019s and Dad has just been diagnosed with cancer, so they have a bit of rough road ahead of them.\u00a0 Would you pray for them, for peace and strength and even healing?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5825&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You won\u2019t find a sweeter, more caring couple than Roy\u2019s mom and dad. \u00a0If you want to see an example of what marriage can be, they are amazing!\u00a0 Their love for each other, for the Lord, and for anyone around &hellip; 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