{"id":715,"date":"2010-09-13T07:54:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T11:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=715"},"modified":"2010-09-20T08:35:18","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T12:35:18","slug":"battered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=715","title":{"rendered":"Battered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_713\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/BatteredButterfly2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-713\" title=\"Battered Butterfly\" src=\"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/BatteredButterfly2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/BatteredButterfly2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/BatteredButterfly2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">A Battered &amp; Tattered Butterfly<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Ever feel like this?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This guy was sitting on my back patio, just slowly flapping his wings up and down.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if he could still fly or not.\u00a0 One thing I do know, he&#8217;s been through a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">When I took this picture, I could definitely relate.\u00a0 That was a few days ago.\u00a0 Today, I realize that I am still in the catepiller stage.\u00a0 I am grateful that when I break from my cocoon,\u00a0my butterfly life will be in the Father&#8217;s meadow, full of\u00a0sunshine and beauty.\u00a0 And my wings, will\u00a0be eternally perfect.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A Battered &amp; Tattered Butterfly Ever feel like this?\u00a0 This guy was sitting on my back patio, just slowly flapping his wings up and down.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if he could still fly or not.\u00a0 One thing I do know, he&#8217;s been through a lot.\u00a0 When I took this picture, I could definitely relate.\u00a0 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