{"id":4400,"date":"2026-08-30T04:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T04:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2026-08-30T04:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T04:20:05","slug":"sunday-verses-queen-of-hearts-8-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4400","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Queen of Hearts&#8217; (8\/30\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By RAHN ADAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once there was a way \/ to get back home,&#8221; \/ the barefoot beadle chanted \/ as he crossed the road.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4416\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/charliegypsypianos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4416\" src=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/charliegypsypianos-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/charliegypsypianos-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/charliegypsypianos-1025x769.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/charliegypsypianos-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/charliegypsypianos-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/charliegypsypianos.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FOUR &#8216;MUSIC BOXES&#8217; by T. Adams; two &#8220;gnomes&#8221; by T. Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s another way for us \/ to reach the other side, \/ not just by slumbering \/ or singing lullabies.<\/p>\n<p>The heart of this matter \/ is choosing what is right \/ and good for others, \/ not only for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re taught that lesson \/ day in and day out \/ by lords and ladies, \/ knaves and damsels in distress.<\/p>\n<p>We may only win \/ in fits and starts; \/ but we cannot fold \/ when we do not hold the Queen of Hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RAHN ADAMS &#8220;Once there was a way \/ to get back home,&#8221; \/ the barefoot beadle chanted \/ as he crossed the road. There&#8217;s another way for us \/ to reach the other side, \/ not just by slumbering \/ or singing lullabies. The heart of this matter \/ is choosing what is right &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4400\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Queen of Hearts&#8217; (8\/30\/2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4432,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions\/4432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}