{"id":27801,"date":"2024-06-20T08:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=27801"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:57:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T02:57:35","slug":"discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1000005199-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1000005199-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1000005199-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1000005199-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1000005199-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1000005199-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks after Mark&#8217;s Prom, I discovered a backpack he had carried that evening in a corner of our mudroom. There were a few objects still inside, and I smiled to see some of what he had collected in order to be prepared: antacids, safety pins (only one remained when the evening was over), toys for entertainment if they had a long wait at the restaurant, snacks, a toothpick, a pencil, and dental flossers for braces. He also carried an umbrella and some other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took a picture to remind myself that Mark knows how to prepare for a journey and that he knows how to take care of himself and others. This is a comfort to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks after Mark&#8217;s Prom, I discovered a backpack he had carried that evening in a corner of our mudroom. There were a few objects still inside, and I smiled to see some of what he had collected in order to be prepared: antacids, safety pins (only one remained when the evening was over), &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/discovery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Discovery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17,20,34,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventurous-kids","category-fun-finds","category-life-according-to-angela","category-missionary","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27801"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28831,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27801\/revisions\/28831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}