{"id":1133,"date":"2009-11-18T09:32:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T09:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/2009\/11\/wordless-wednesday-how-friends-see-you.html"},"modified":"2009-11-18T09:32:53","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T09:32:53","slug":"wordless-wednesday-how-friends-see-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/theirbadmother\/2009\/11\/wordless-wednesday-how-friends-see-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Wordless Wednesday: How Friends See You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/jasperino.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"jasperino.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/112\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/11\/jasperino-thumb-333x500-9487.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>This picture was taken this past spring, at the Blissdom conference in Nashville. It was taken by my good friend Anissa, who, in the middle of a chat we were having outside the hotel, just dropped to her knees and pointed her camera at Jasper and me and said, &#8216;this is just such a beautiful moment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Anissa&#8217;s in the hospital. She had a stroke, and it&#8217;s very, very serious, and <a href=\"http:\/\/herbadmother.com\/2009\/11\/just-like-a-prayer\/\">my heart is sick with worry for her<\/a>. I thought about posting a picture of her here, or a picture of she and I together, but when I was scrolling through my photos it was this picture, this moment, that jumped out at me, because when I look at it I can see her right there, on the other side of the frame, seeing me and Jasper and seizing the love. Just like her. <\/p>\n<p><i>(Find out how you can send love and prayers and help to Anissa and her family by <a href=\"http:\/\/aiminglow.com\/2009\/11\/hope-for-anissa\/\">checking out the Aiming Low site<\/a>. And maybe hug a friend today.)<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This picture was taken this past spring, at the Blissdom conference in Nashville. 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