{"id":1023,"date":"2015-05-24T16:22:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T20:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2020-05-24T11:59:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T15:59:18","slug":"growing-more-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=1023","title":{"rendered":"Growing More and More, by Jennifer Angelina Petro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growing More and More<br \/>\n<em>For H.<\/em><br \/>\nBy<br \/>\nJennifer Angelina Petro<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Nexus-5-Photos-1152.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1024\" src=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Nexus-5-Photos-1152-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Nexus 5 Photos 1152\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Nexus-5-Photos-1152-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Nexus-5-Photos-1152-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trees are not defined<br \/>\nBy how well they read<br \/>\nThe scrolls of the sky;<br \/>\nThey are not defined<br \/>\nBy how wide or how far<br \/>\nOr how hard they stretch;<br \/>\nThey are not defined<br \/>\nBy the green they bloom in spring<br \/>\nOr the gold they scatter in autumn.<br \/>\nTrees see in the dark.<br \/>\nTrees brush their hands<br \/>\nThrough the fields of heaven.<br \/>\nTrees find ways<br \/>\nOf securing themselves<br \/>\nIn earth and stone no one else<br \/>\nWould have ever thought of.<br \/>\nTrees spread fragrance and fruit<br \/>\nSimply by being themselves,<br \/>\nAnd by growing more and more<br \/>\nInto being themselves.<br \/>\nTrees make time to stand<br \/>\nDraped in moonlight and starlight,<br \/>\nAnd the shawl of the sun.<br \/>\nTrees gracefully allow<br \/>\nThe breath of God to whisper<br \/>\nThrough their minds<br \/>\nAnd touch their faces.<br \/>\nTrees gather nourishment<br \/>\nFrom storms and winter soil.<br \/>\nTrees weave air with skillful fingers<br \/>\nFrom pure imagination<br \/>\nAnd devotion to life.<br \/>\nMay we all learn to rest<br \/>\nIn their confident shade,<br \/>\nAnd, by their example,<br \/>\nGrow more and more<br \/>\nInto being ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.163\" \/><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br \/><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value == 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of your donations go to helping the Wonder Child Blog stay online.<\/p>\n<p><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"F4CK35BRFLT4Y\" \/><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing More and More For H. By Jennifer Angelina Petro &nbsp; &nbsp; Trees are not defined By how well they read The scrolls of the sky; They are not defined By how wide or how far Or how hard they stretch; They are not defined By the green they bloom in spring Or the gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[379,176,411,410,163,75,412,834],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2235,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}