{"id":438,"date":"2015-05-11T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T01:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2015-05-11T20:02:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T01:02:01","slug":"prickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Prickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prickly-pear1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-443\" title=\"prickly pear\" src=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prickly-pear1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prickly-pear1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prickly-pear1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prickly-pear1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are memories that seem impossible to touch without feeling a sting.<br \/>\nThey warn me to stand clear&#8230;but then lure me in with beauty and longing.<br \/>\nThat which produces the sharp spines also makes a lush flower and a sweet fruit.<br \/>\nThey spring from the same root, are nourished from the same soil.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d rather have them both than have neither.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There are memories that seem impossible to touch without feeling a sting. They warn me to stand clear&#8230;but then lure me in with beauty and longing. That which produces the sharp spines also makes a lush flower and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maryology.com\/?p=438\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,50,12,36,1],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty","category-love","category-metaphor","category-spirituality","category-uncategorized","tag-metaphor-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}