{"id":554,"date":"2012-07-14T00:48:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T23:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/?p=554"},"modified":"2012-10-20T13:10:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T12:10:39","slug":"friends-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/?p=554","title":{"rendered":"friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan and her best friend sat down\u00a0to\u00a0afternoon tea. \u00a0It\u00a0was an\u00a0unscheduled stop after a short day at work; an\u00a0unexpected opportunity to catch up, so why not. Jan sensed an unspoken weariness in her friend and admired her for concealing it so well from others if not herself. Give it time<\/em>. Time heals. Apparently. <\/em>No ungratefuless meant but how many times had she heard that; ad nauseum.<\/p>\n

Noah was with Aunt Kate and her friend\u00a0had lots of space\u00a0in her diary\u00a0to do\u00a0what she wanted when she wanted; if only she used it to her advantage.\u00a0 Jan only wanted the best for this beautiful young woman who preferred sensible shoes these days.\u00a0 They often laughed about the shoes thing; sensible and safe and comfy. Jan\u00a0waited patiently for\u00a0a\u00a0glimpse of personality that\u00a0would identify\u00a0her friend as the carefree, happy, adventurer child she knew.\u00a0\u00a0 Nowadays there\u00a0was nothing to stop\u00a0her living the life she’d dreamed of but maybe she simply had to learn how.\u00a0\u00a0Permission.\u00a0 I don’t even know what that means for heavens sake\u00a0and who am I to \u00a0be giving advice anyway … \u00a0maybe she just likes things the way they are?<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Alice’s favourite lemon cake was the perfect accompaniment to the\u00a0tea they ordered and they savoured every bite; choosing\u00a0silence over speech, concentrating their senses on the\u00a0memorable\u00a0scent of citrus\u00a0and a\u00a0tangy taste\u00a0that tingled\u00a0their taste buds, melting\u00a0away with the warm tea, ready for the next bite.\u00a0 Delicious.\u00a0 This lemon cake deserved their full attention and was far too tasty to be distracted\u00a0by superfluous chat.<\/p>\n

Jan noticed small cards on the table and picked one up, turning it over in perfectly manicured hands; recently applied burgundy nail polish, her favourite.\u00a0\u00a0Maggie looked at her own hands and\u00a0self-consciously\u00a0removed them from the\u00a0white linen tablecloth and hid them from sight.\u00a0\u00a0She hadn’t really noticed before but today her hands seemed out of place and the thought saddened her.\u00a0 Silly really.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

She lifted her head and caught Jan’s eyes;\u00a0recognition but nothing was said.<\/p>\n

It was no secret that Jan\u00a0was forever seeking out\u00a0nicely put together\u00a0things and these delicate\u00a0invitation cards were\u00a0perfect.\u00a0\u00a0They were\u00a0embossed with images of books and her curiosity sprung into life.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Oh these are nice! Sally’s handiwork?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Jan and her best friend sat down\u00a0to\u00a0afternoon tea. \u00a0It\u00a0was an\u00a0unscheduled stop after a short day at work; an\u00a0unexpected opportunity to catch up, so why not. Jan sensed an unspoken weariness in her friend and admired her for concealing it so well from others if not herself. Give it time. Time heals. Apparently. No ungratefuless […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[31,7,8],"tags":[104,102,159,101,103],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2zQgS-8W","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":103,"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gollygoshcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}