{"id":5328,"date":"2012-03-23T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/buildingcathedrals\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2012-03-22T13:34:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T19:34:24","slug":"how-does-your-fairy-godmother-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/buildingcathedrals\/2012\/03\/how-does-your-fairy-godmother-look\/","title":{"rendered":"How does your Fairy Godmother look?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">My imaginative first grader was home sick from school yesterday, so she happene<\/span>d to meet a special someone for the first time: Irena, who cleans for us every 4 weeks. My daughter was taken with her. Irena has wispy gray-blonde hair that she wears in a high bun; rosy cheeks and a generously-shared bright smile; enthusiastic nods and giggles with which she communicates her warmth to my children, since she speaks no English; and she\u2019s so dignified that she makes scrubbing floors look special. \u201cMom, she\u2019s the Fairy Godmother, for real.\u201d And my two daughters started a several-hours-long game of fairies in response to Irena\u2019s presence with us. I don\u2019t think Irena knew she was the protagonist.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, Irena looks a lot like a fairy godmother to me too. Bippity boppity boo. A little fairy dust (or a whole lot of elbow grease) and my house sparkles. What a blessing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My imaginative first grader was home sick from school yesterday, so she happened to meet a special someone for the first time: Irena, who cleans for us every 4 weeks. 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