{"id":190,"date":"2009-08-01T23:02:37","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T23:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2009-08-01T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T23:05:39","slug":"ellens-childhood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/?page_id=190","title":{"rendered":"Ellen’s childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 29, 2009<\/p>\n

\"wishard-danner-and-ggdanners-christmas-19741\"This photo was taken by Mom, with my camera (my trusty Instamatic) at Christmas, 1974, at Grandma and Grandpa Danner’s house in Inverness, Florida.\u00a0 That’s Grandpa and Grandma Danner on the left, Gram Wishard with Grandpa Wishard hiding behind Kathy, me (on crutches), Ellen, and Dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

See that expression on Ellen’s face?\u00a0 It was perpetual back then.\u00a0 I would like to share a poem that I wrote for her and she had saved all these years.\u00a0 Russell found in among her things in storage and stuck it in a copy of George Stubbs’ “Anatomy of the Horse,” which I now have.\u00a0 When I got home and read it, so many memories came back!\u00a0 Anyway …\u00a0 it’s called “To My Favorite 12-Year-Old” and would have been written around the time of this photo.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sitting in my quiet room, I remembered long ago,<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was lonely growing up and thought no one else could know<\/span><\/p>\n

How hard it was, how mean they were, how bad life treated me \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the way you act to us, your confusion I can see.<\/span><\/p>\n

I prayed to God tonight to help, to help me understand,\"ellen-at-state-fair-1975\"<\/span><\/p>\n

To make me patient when I\u2019m not, to offer you my hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to be your friend, I do, for that we both must try,<\/span><\/p>\n

For friends make growing easier, and I hate to see you cry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Sister, you\u2019re a pretty one, especially when you smile,<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve so much living yet to do \u2013 come pray with me awhile.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I love you<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Karen<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s another photo, this time with her signature smile.\u00a0 She was getting ready to show Windpin (aka “Pooh”) in the Quarter Horse show at the Florida State Fair in February 1975.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 29, 2009 This photo was taken by Mom, with my camera (my trusty Instamatic) at Christmas, 1974, at Grandma and Grandpa Danner’s house in Inverness, Florida.\u00a0 That’s Grandpa and Grandma Danner on the left, Gram Wishard with Grandpa Wishard hiding behind Kathy, me (on crutches), Ellen, and Dad.\u00a0 See that expression on Ellen’s face?\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":94,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions\/192"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}