{"id":1143,"date":"2015-02-13T17:43:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T01:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2015-02-13T17:43:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T01:43:58","slug":"maturing-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Maturing Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maturing Love<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Love can be new. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Or, love can be old.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Will you stick like glue?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Would you be that bold?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If the love has aged,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>it\u2019s like a fine wine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Good bouquet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>developed over time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>But, first love must grow,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>age, and mature.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s not how much you know.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s what you can assure.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When you can overlook faults.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>or, other defects of character.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Then you can open the vaults.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Let that deeper love mature.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Each day that love will become richer.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It will fill all nooks and crannies.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No one will ever be a bitch here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Your devotion &amp; respect is dandy.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You have a partner to share all with.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Someone to be there for you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Overall, this is a precious gift.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Connecting all, love being the glue.&#8212;&#8211;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maturing Love Love can be new. Or, love can be old. Will you stick like glue? Would you be that bold? If the love has aged, it\u2019s like a fine wine. Good bouquet developed over time. But, first love must grow, age, and mature. It\u2019s not how much you know. It\u2019s what you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1143\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maturing Love<\/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":[16,29,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-bird-poetry","category-life-lessons","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}