{"id":779,"date":"2014-05-02T20:28:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T20:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=779"},"modified":"2014-05-02T20:28:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T20:28:30","slug":"an-appeal-to-a-higher-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=779","title":{"rendered":"An Appeal To A Higher Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=779\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><em><strong>Happy Spring, my friends! <\/strong>It&#8217;s finally warm again and the lilacs are once again in bloom. Sadly,  occasionally, there&#8217;s no pleasing some people. The following is a testament to that notion. Take care and stay well, my friends. <strong>Stash<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Letter To God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<\/p>\n<p>After the long, dark, frosty months of winter\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Of icy winds blowing snow into window high drifts\u2026<br \/>\nOf shoveling daily, like an exile in some Siberian gulag\u2026<br \/>\nOf chilled to the bone days and heating pad nights\u2026<br \/>\nOf sleeping in sweats and doubling the bed\u2019s quilt\u2026<br \/>\nOf white knuckle driving on slick icy avenues\u2026<br \/>\nOf slush filled curbs and endlessly soaked socks and shoes\u2026<br \/>\nOf a premature darkness that arrived ever so early in the afternoon\u2026<br \/>\nOf a drab world colored only in shades of dirty gray\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Spring has finally arrived\u2026 and with it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Pollen filled breezes<br \/>\nAnd countless sneezes.<br \/>\nBudding roses<br \/>\nAnd runny noses.<br \/>\nLittle bird cries,<br \/>\nRed, itchy eyes.<br \/>\nRobin songs sung<br \/>\nAnd tired, wheezy lungs.<\/p>\n<p>Now, not that I want to be picky\u2026<br \/>\nAbout the seasons and Your weather,<br \/>\nBut Jeez-Louise!<br \/>\nI really think that if You try Lord,<br \/>\nThat You might be able do a little bit better.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not asking for favors<br \/>\nAnd You know I\u2019m not big on prayin&#8217;<br \/>\nBut don\u2019t You think that<br \/>\nYou could get just one season right?<br \/>\nI mean no offense, God\u2026 I\u2019m just sayin\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Buddy, Your Pal,<\/p>\n<p>Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Spring, my friends! It&#8217;s finally warm again and the lilacs are once again in bloom. Sadly, occasionally, there&#8217;s no pleasing some people. The following is a testament to that notion. Take care and stay well, my friends. Stash A &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=779\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}