{"id":645,"date":"2006-01-01T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawrencem94.sg-host.com\/?p=645"},"modified":"2006-01-01T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-01T16:18:00","slug":"freshly-scrubbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/?p=645","title":{"rendered":"Freshly Scrubbed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like a new pair of sneakers<br \/>Gleaming white, never worn<br \/>A new year before us<br \/>Ours to tend, ours to shape<\/p>\n<p>We silently whisper<br \/>Promises and goals<br \/>Ideas to be hatched<br \/>Dreams to be followed<\/p>\n<p>By springtime, we discover <br \/>Life is not kind <br \/>Mud puddles and scuffs<br \/>Shoelaces break<\/p>\n<p>Sandals replace <br \/>Our footwear, come summer<br \/>By fall, our sneakers<br \/>Are in a pile by the door<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you dream,<br \/>Whatever you whisper<br \/>To yourself in the dark<br \/>At the start of the year<\/p>\n<p>Be kind and realistic,<br \/>Take each day as its own.<br \/>Our journey is Life<br \/>Built upon each single day<\/p>\n<p>Not on a paper with boxes<br \/>And numbers, and letters<br \/>Or sneakers <br \/>Or dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Just on placing each foot<br \/>In front of the other<br \/>With direction and focus<br \/>The journey is ours<\/p>\n<p>Laughter and love,<br \/>Peace and good health.<br \/>Dreams come to fruition<br \/>Is my wish for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a new pair of sneakersGleaming white, never wornA new year before usOurs to tend, ours to shape We silently whisperPromises and goalsIdeas to be hatchedDreams to be followed By springtime, we discover Life is not kind Mud puddles and scuffsShoelaces break Sandals replace Our footwear, come summerBy fall, our sneakersAre in a pile by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}