{"id":529,"date":"2020-01-25T18:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/?page_id=529"},"modified":"2020-01-25T18:43:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:43:53","slug":"gifts-of-the-magi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/gifts-of-the-magi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts of the Magi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/An_Enchanted_Season_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">From An Enchanted Season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve Bethel and his fianc\u00e9e Rachel could use a few miracles right about now; the family bed-and-breakfast is mortgaged to the hilt, the biggest blizzard in half a century is ruining the shortest day of the year, the local bank manager is a stickler for bills being paid on time, and their guests are canceling right and left. But when three strangers show up at what seems like the darkest hour, looking for a place to stay for the holidays, the simple gifts of peace, knowledge, and comfort seem to be just the miracles they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rachel:<\/strong>&nbsp; &#8220;And I thought he&#8217;d melted my body into warm goo, with that mouth of his, she thought distractedly. Who knew he could melt my heart, too, after all these years together?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;ve been neglecting her, he thought, pulling back from their kiss. She gave him a puzzled look, so he gave her a reassuring smile in return. I should not neglect the woman I love.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From An Enchanted Season Steve Bethel and his fianc\u00e9e Rachel could use a few miracles right about now; the family bed-and-breakfast is mortgaged to the<span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/gifts-of-the-magi\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-529","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanjohnson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}