{"id":555,"date":"2011-05-21T09:27:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T13:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=555"},"modified":"2011-05-21T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T13:27:13","slug":"how-we-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/05\/how-we-live.html","title":{"rendered":"How we live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>How we live<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>by Michelle Demeree<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We live through each other.<\/p>\n<p>We take moments in our lives<\/p>\n<p>Then we give it to someone we love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We give to those we love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For then, when we have a need<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">They give to us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In time, as we pray<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Moments are given back to us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">As we all pray in Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-424\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/05\/Shelly-will-be-sharing-her-thoughts-on-this-page.jpeg.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-424\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/05\/Shelly-will-be-sharing-her-thoughts-on-this-page.jpeg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelly Demeree is a poet whose work appears in various venues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How we live by Michelle Demeree We live through each other. 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