{"id":881,"date":"2014-08-23T13:21:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T13:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=881"},"modified":"2014-08-23T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T13:47:47","slug":"beaming-with-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=881","title":{"rendered":"beaming with hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/images\/lightboat.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it\u2019s as if I\u2019ve traveled<br \/>\nthe shoals off New England<br \/>\nall the way to Virginia<br \/>\nback and forth<br \/>\ntossed and turned<br \/>\nmany\u00a0 \u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0 many times<br \/>\nwhere boldly<br \/>\nI\u2019ve withstood<br \/>\nthe wind and rain<br \/>\nof storms<br \/>\non the ominous sea<br \/>\nfrothed with a riptide<br \/>\nagitated for destruction<br \/>\nnot so different<br \/>\nthan that floating<br \/>\nlighthouse<br \/>\n101-WAL524<br \/>\nnow retired<br \/>\nin Portsmouth\u00a0 \u00a0~<br \/>\n~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m on<br \/>\nthis voyage of light<br \/>\nif not in body<br \/>\nto physically console<br \/>\nsurely within mind \u2026.<br \/>\n\u2026..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve thought<br \/>\nand brought forth<br \/>\nimages with words<br \/>\nfilled with positive<br \/>\nand nurturing energy<br \/>\nthat are beaming with hope<br \/>\nlike the light boat of old<br \/>\nto guide and inspire<br \/>\nmy muse<br \/>\nas she has me<br \/>\nwhile courageously sailing<br \/>\nthe life draining<br \/>\nwaters of<br \/>\nMS<br \/>\nsaturated<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nthe never-ending<br \/>\nchronic pain<br \/>\nof Fibromyalgia<\/p>\n<p>Image &amp; Words by\u00a0\u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it\u2019s as if I\u2019ve traveled the shoals off New England all the way to Virginia back and forth tossed and turned many\u00a0 \u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0 many times where boldly I\u2019ve withstood the wind and rain of storms on the ominous sea frothed with a riptide agitated for destruction not so different than that floating lighthouse 101-WAL524 now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=881\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;beaming with hope&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rlf","category-muse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}