{"id":3816,"date":"2012-02-17T15:46:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T15:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2012-02-17T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T15:47:00","slug":"dance-for-menopause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/02\/dance-for-menopause.html","title":{"rendered":"Dance for Menopause"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/02\/DanceforMenopause.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3817\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/02\/DanceforMenopause.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>By all accounts,<br \/>\nit appears bleak.<br \/>\nPart of me is taken away;<br \/>\npart of me is no more.<br \/>\nYet I do not weep.<br \/>\nI laugh,<br \/>\nfor You have made me a girl again,<br \/>\nlong-limbed and unconfined,<br \/>\nmy body made for dancing,<br \/>\nswimming, double-handsprings, maybe.<br \/>\nConvenient and unfettered,<br \/>\nnot tied to the vagaries of hormones.<br \/>\nReady to go at a moment&#8217;s notice,<br \/>\nwherever You wish to take me.<br \/>\nThank You for the freedom<br \/>\nI&#8217;m finally ready for.<br \/>\nThe road becomes more glorious<br \/>\nthe longer I walk it with You.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lori Strawn, <a title=\"Prayables.com\" href=\"http:\/\/prayables.com\">Prayables<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Prayer By all accounts, it appears bleak. 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