{"id":4518,"date":"2021-12-04T04:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:34:37","slug":"behind-closed-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4518","title":{"rendered":"BEHIND CLOSED DOORS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know so little about each other and what goes on &#8220;behind closed doors&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This evening Melissa and I walked through our neighborhood in the dark, critiquing our neighbors&#8217; Christmas decorations. As we passed a particular two story brick house, I pointed and said, &#8220;That&#8217;s the house.&#8221; Through a wide window we could see a large, beautiful Christmas tree. The house was peaceful. It seemed warm and inviting.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But yesterday morning I was running Ginger through this same neighborhood in the dark of 6:00 am.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And as I passed this same house, I heard a loud and angry teenage voice screaming from the upstairs, &#8220;I [expletive] HATE you! You&#8217;re a [expletive] liar. All you do is lie! I [expletive] HATE YOU!&#8221; And then a door slammed very loudly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How incredibly sad. As I continued running, I prayed for true peace in that household.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I wondered if that teen girl had anyone she could turn to.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I wondered if those parents had anyone they could turn to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know so little about each other and what goes on &#8220;behind closed doors&#8221;. This evening Melissa and I walked through our neighborhood in the dark, critiquing our neighbors&#8217; Christmas decorations. As we passed a particular two story brick house, I pointed and said, &#8220;That&#8217;s the house.&#8221; Through a wide window we could see a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4519,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518\/revisions\/4519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}