{"id":9,"date":"2023-01-30T14:28:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T14:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2023-01-31T00:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T00:07:04","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/author.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/author.jpg 322w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/author-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ted Paddack<\/strong>, LPC, LCSW began his writings mainly to document some of his ramblings and \u2018war stories\u2019 told to his grandkids. They often would beg, \u201cTell us about that . . . . again\u201d. Many were the incidents that he and Sandy, his life-long companion of 58 years, had experienced on their journey. 90% of the narration of events were true and relevant, but somewhat unusual (with 10 % embellishment). Soon these writings turned into more than autobiographical ramblings, covering some of the more substantial life-changing issues, and valuable lessons learned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Paddack, LPC, LCSW began his writings mainly to document some of his ramblings and \u2018war stories\u2019 told to his grandkids. They often would beg, \u201cTell us about that . . . . again\u201d. Many were the incidents&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/about-the-author\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/XLUS\/846251\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}