{"id":755,"date":"2009-11-15T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/?page_id=755"},"modified":"2016-11-16T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:40:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/?page_id=755","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born on a 100 degree day, I&#8217;ve learned to embrace life with warmth and intensity. From early on, I&#8217;ve enjoyed the wonder of words, making storytelling an integral part of my life. Feeling called to inspire and restore hope, I hope you&#8217;ll find God&#8217;s beauty in life&#8217;s broken moments. Let me offer you encouragement through my words. You can return the favor by cheering me on as I complete my next book, <em>When Darkness Falls, Joy Rises<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_7726-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-895\" alt=\"IMG_7726-1\" src=\"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_7726-1-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_7726-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_7726-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_7726-1-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From cuddling koalas in Australia to swimming with dolphins in Hawaii, I&#8217;ve felt the joy of God&#8217;s creation. I also enjoy cross-stitch, reading, swimming, singing and staying connected with friends. My latest project is training my mischievous German Shepherd, Lily, as a therapy dog.<\/p>\n<p>All this keeps me so busy I admit to being an unconcerned housekeeper, a marginal cook and a plant killer, but sharing my home with my husband, Richard, is the most fun ever!<\/p>\n<p>You are beloved of God, and I hope we&#8217;ll share our faith journeys to honor our redemption in Christ.<\/p>\n<p>I wish we could meet for tea so we could get to know each other better and in our fellowship, worship the One Who Love Us.<\/p>\n<p>But if we can\u2019t have tea together because you are in Virginia or Texas and I\u2019m in Southern California, I think we can settle for this blog as a place to meet.<\/p>\n<p>Keep coming back. I\u2019ll keep writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born on a 100 degree day, I&#8217;ve learned to embrace life with warmth and intensity. From early on, I&#8217;ve enjoyed the wonder of words, making storytelling an integral part of my life. Feeling called to inspire and restore hope, I hope you&#8217;ll find God&#8217;s beauty in life&#8217;s broken moments. Let me offer you encouragement through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}