{"id":5937,"date":"2010-04-03T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T11:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/aksel-loves-thomas.html"},"modified":"2010-04-03T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T11:35:34","slug":"aksel-loves-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/aksel-loves-thomas.html","title":{"rendered":"Aksel Loves Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aksel, our grandson, loves Thomas the Train. Kris sent him a couple of Thomas the Train books and as Annika (his mom) opened up the books and (Aunt) Laura snapped pictures, they caught Aksel in the act of being delighted in seeing Thomas. 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