{"id":2344,"date":"2010-12-18T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T18:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2010-12-18T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T18:26:28","slug":"show-me-a-garden-thats-bursting-into-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2010\/12\/18\/show-me-a-garden-thats-bursting-into-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Show me a garden that&#8217;s bursting into life&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This song by Snow Patrol came on the radio on a morning that I had a long drive across LA last week.  Though I&#8217;m not typically one to become enchanted with popular songs,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/snowpatrol\/chasingcars.html\"> the lyric<\/a>s of this one just hit me, as I realized how they expressed much of my emotional confusion from the past few weeks.  In particular, I thought of the ways friends embraced and supported me while I felt so insecure in the days after John left me.\u00a0 A huge thank you to all of who have taken time out of your lives (the long talks, the letters, the poems, the soaks in hot tubs, the care packages, the strolls through the garden, the hours spent at my side) and who have simply<em> cared <\/em>about mine.\u00a0 You are all so beautiful and generous&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I need your grace<br \/>\nTo remind me<br \/>\nTo find my own&#8230;<br \/>\nForget what we&#8217;re told<br \/>\nBefore we get too old<br \/>\nShow me a garden that&#8217;s bursting into life<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GemKqzILV4w?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GemKqzILV4w?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This song by Snow Patrol came on the radio on a morning that I had a long drive across LA last week. 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