BIO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nShannon Alford writes to encourage others through her humor, inspiration, and faith. She is a Child Life Specialist with over twenty years of experience working at a pediatric hospital helping children and their families struggling with trauma, illness, and loss. She loves writing, encouraging others in their creative pursuits, and spending time with her family and two rescue dogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shannon Alford ShannonAlfordwrites@gmail.com BIO: Shannon Alford writes to encourage others through her humor, inspiration, and faith. She is a Child Life Specialist with over twenty years of experience working at a pediatric hospital helping children and their families struggling with trauma, illness, and loss. She loves writing, encouraging others in their creative pursuits, and spending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10311,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10309\/revisions\/10311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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