{"id":25899,"date":"2016-08-13T23:27:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=25899"},"modified":"2016-08-13T23:27:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:27:01","slug":"if-i-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/if-i-could\/","title":{"rendered":"If I could"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I could, I would wish away my handicap<br \/>\nCerebral Palsy makes it hard to perform tasks<br \/>\nNormal activities that others take for granted<br \/>\nOften present many problems and challenges<\/p>\n<p>If I could only make my right side strong<br \/>\nLife would be different, and not so hard<br \/>\nDriving anywhere, anytime could become a breeze<br \/>\nAnd, cooking meals would not be considered a chore<\/p>\n<p>If I could use some proper household tools<br \/>\nMy hair would not be so hard to manage<br \/>\nOutside work would become a snap<br \/>\nAnd, I could help my family more<\/p>\n<p>But, as I &#8216;ve learned , this world is full of struggles<br \/>\nAlthough, disability has become an accepted word<br \/>\nThrough constant family love and support<br \/>\nIt is something I have striven to overcom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I could, I would wish away my handicap Cerebral Palsy makes it hard to perform tasks Normal activities that others take for granted Often present many problems and challenges If I could only make my right side strong Life would be different, and not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25910,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25899\/revisions\/25910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}