{"id":492,"date":"2022-12-20T17:24:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2022-12-20T17:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:26:27","slug":"the-greatest-gift-a-short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Gift: A Short Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>    I\u2019m super excited to say that I\u2019ve finished another story! This one\u2019s been in the works for a while, but I thought I\u2019d release it today since it\u2019s the week before Christmas. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>    Here\u2019s the story\u2019s premise before you start reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>    Earl Desmond has spent the past four Christmases alone, and he expects that this Christmas will be no different. But all of that changes when the doorbell rings, announcing the unexpected arrival of Weston, Earl\u2019s troubled son-in-law. Weston refuses to reveal his reason for returning, and it becomes clear that he has been avoiding the past for far too long. With the aid of another surprise visitor, Earl must help his son-in-law see the importance of gift far greater than any other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>    Click the button below to read the story, and it will also be available on the \u201cMy Writing\u201d page of this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:163px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-493\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GiftResize.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GiftResize.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GiftResize-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GiftResize-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GiftResize-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GiftResize-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\">The Greatest Gift<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/TheGreatestGift.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>    Comment below and let me know your thoughts!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>    I\u2019m super excited to say that I\u2019ve finished another story! This one\u2019s been in the works for a while, but I thought I\u2019d release it today since it\u2019s the week before Christmas. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[29,92,91,90],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-updates","tag-christian-writing","tag-gift","tag-short-story","tag-story"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}