
{"id":6695,"date":"2014-05-11T18:37:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=6695"},"modified":"2014-05-11T18:37:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T18:37:12","slug":"guest-post-laura-thill-murrary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2014\/05\/guest-post-laura-thill-murrary\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Laura Thill Murrary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Believe in a Mother\u2019s Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><em>A tribute to Helen and Catherine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I believe in a Mother\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p>I believe in her strong bond<\/p>\n<p>with the gentleness of a dove.<\/p>\n<p>Of my Mother\u2019s tenderness I am so fond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I believe there is no understanding like a<\/p>\n<p>Mother\u2019s that can anywhere be found,<\/p>\n<p>Or a voice with a kinder, sweeter sound.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I believe in my Mother\u2019s strength,<\/p>\n<p>that\u2019s what helps me get through those tough days.<\/p>\n<p>I believe she is still with me in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>It is for her strength I continue to pray.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we talk at great length<\/p>\n<p>about our busy lives, children, our dreams.<\/p>\n<p>At times though, all those things can make us want to scream.<\/p>\n<p>But then sweet memories of Mom\u2019s hugs and kisses we gleam,<\/p>\n<p>and once again makes life all \u201cpeaches and cream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I believe my Mother\u2019s soul is blessed.<\/p>\n<p>I know my Mother\u2019s soul is at rest.<\/p>\n<p>But I believe I will always carry her in my heart.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s the one that would always give me a fresh start<\/p>\n<p>no matter if I acted dumb or smart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I believe in my Mother\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p>I also believe in God above.<\/p>\n<p>I believe because I call on them.<\/p>\n<p>I believe because only they can help me mend.<\/p>\n<p>My tired heart and soul they do befriend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a9 Laura Thill Murray, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Thill Murray writes: <\/strong>\u201cI have been writing my whole life. I studied communication in college but I don&#8217;t have a degree.\u00a0I have taken some writing classes through the years as well.\u00a0 I write mostly poems, some short stories for kids and young adults.\u00a0The poems vary but mostly they are poem\/stories about people and my observations of them and their peculiar\u00a0 characteristics (as I see them), and I put it in a funny rhyme and give it to them as a gift&#8230;.kinda like a singing telegram without the music!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also designs jewelry; check out her FB page: <a title=\"Laura's Creations FB page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mamacrafty2?ref=profile\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Laura&#8217;s Creations.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This poem is about Laura&#8217;s mother (Helen) who passed away May 18, 1982 and for her friend Vicki&#8217;s mother (Catherine).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I Believe in a Mother\u2019s Love A tribute to Helen and Catherine I believe in a Mother\u2019s love. I believe in her strong bond with the gentleness of a dove. Of my Mother\u2019s tenderness I am so fond. &nbsp; I believe there is no understanding like a Mother\u2019s that can anywhere be found, Or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2131,2129,2130,13,7,16,22,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-6695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-guest-posts","7":"tag-laura-thill-murray","8":"tag-mother","9":"tag-mother-poetry","10":"tag-poetry","11":"tag-solace","12":"tag-solace-in-so-many-words","13":"tag-thanks","14":"tag-weighed-words","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6695"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6703,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6695\/revisions\/6703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}