{"id":1784,"date":"2012-12-10T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T22:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2012-12-10T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T22:52:12","slug":"a-christmas-shopping-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=1784","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Shopping Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We prayed for a good deal on a Sugar Glider.<\/p>\n<p>We prayed for a good deal on a Green Cheeked Conure.<\/p>\n<p>We saw the Sugar Glider for sale on Craigslist.com 15 minutes after it was posted, even though it was not listed correctly.<\/p>\n<p>We went to the lady&#8217;s house for the good deal on the Sugar Glider.<\/p>\n<p>We found the lady also had a bird she was trying to sell but hadn&#8217;t listed yet.<\/p>\n<p>We asked what kind of bird it was.<\/p>\n<p>We found it was a Green Cheeked Conure.<\/p>\n<p>We heard her say, &#8220;If you will take them both I will give you a really good deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We bought two presents for less than the price of one.<\/p>\n<p>We were thankful, and a little amazed.<\/p>\n<p>We wondered, how many households in North East Atlanta had both a Conure and Sugar Glider and were trying to sell both?<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t wonder how we found this one.<\/p>\n<p>We knew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We prayed for a good deal on a Sugar Glider. 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