{"id":32665,"date":"2026-06-26T10:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=32665"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:04:30","slug":"friends-i-didnt-know-i-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/friends-i-didnt-know-i-had\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends I didn&#8217;t know I had"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was sad to miss my regular temple appointment because I had a cold, and my friend sent this message which really touched my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000011970.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000011970.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000011970.png 987w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000011970-300x102.png 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000011970-768x261.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learn something each time I attend the temple, and this time, a lesson of belonging reached me even though I had to stay home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May I have eyes to notice those who are missing or withdrawn. May I have the courage to reach out to them and help them feel seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was sad to miss my regular temple appointment because I had a cold, and my friend sent this message which really touched my heart. I learn something each time I attend the temple, and this time, a lesson of belonging reached me even though I had to stay home. May I have eyes to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/friends-i-didnt-know-i-had\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friends I didn&#8217;t know I had<\/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":[36,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus-christ","category-temple-and-family-history-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32665","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=32665"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32680,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32665\/revisions\/32680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}