{"id":5515,"date":"2015-01-06T06:41:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T12:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5515"},"modified":"2014-12-06T15:13:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T21:13:58","slug":"on-the-passing-of-my-grandmother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5515","title":{"rendered":"On the passing of my Grandmother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past summer my grandmother &#8211;\u00a0Zoe Grotzke &#8211; passed from this world to her heavenly home. Here are some of my thoughts from the burial in Sheridan, MT.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4234.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5537\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4234-300x217.jpg?resize=300%2C217\" alt=\"IMG_4234\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4234.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4234.jpg?resize=1024%2C741&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4234.jpg?resize=414%2C300&amp;ssl=1 414w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4234.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4234.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A mountain rises from the valley floor<br \/>\nTowering, soaring, stretching high<br \/>\nFrom another world it seems to stand<br \/>\nStrange among this flattened land<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Its majestic peak sits above<br \/>\nFrozen, jagged, biting cold<br \/>\nAnd looming over all beneath<br \/>\nFlitting, spinning, blown about<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Forced to reckon, those who pass,<br \/>\nAge, strength, presence sound<br \/>\nDemanding attention, respect, and awe<br \/>\nImmense, immovable mass of rock<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The secret lies in stress and pressure<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Twisting, smashing, splitting crust<br \/>\nCreaked, and groaned, jutting upward<br \/>\nWhile silt and soil slipped away<br \/>\nAt the writhing hands of wind and age<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Above the plain it sits and watches<br \/>\nHoary head a testament<br \/>\nTo age, and strength, midst stressful tests<br \/>\npainful clashing, crushing throws<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All who pass, and see it there<br \/>\nLook, consider, bow their head<br \/>\nFor in the presence of a giant they<br \/>\nSit, live, pass their days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past summer my grandmother &#8211;\u00a0Zoe Grotzke &#8211; passed from this world to her heavenly home. 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