{"id":5985,"date":"2013-09-09T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2013-09-07T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T15:15:01","slug":"a-dream-and-a-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/a-dream-and-a-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dream and a Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/school-kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5986\" alt=\"school kids\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/school-kids-1024x636.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/school-kids-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/school-kids-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/school-kids-483x300.jpg 483w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/school-kids.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I dreamed of you last night,<br \/>\nThree students who graced my teaching days.<br \/>\nLast night, a decade after the last good-byes<br \/>\nOf my final class of children faded away.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why now?<\/em><br \/>\nMy sleep-drugged brain wondered.<br \/>\nOut of all the students<br \/>\n<em>Why these three?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first question I could answer.<br \/>\nAfter a day of writing a mystery novel<br \/>\nWith a elementary teacher solving crimes,<br \/>\nSchool was on my mind.<\/p>\n<p><em>But why these students?<\/em><br \/>\nI can not answer, though a reason there must be.<br \/>\nSo I whispered a groggy prayer to the One who knows,<br \/>\nThen fell into a dreamless, restful sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dreamed of you last night, Three students who graced my teaching days. 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