{"id":439,"date":"2016-02-13T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T16:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=439"},"modified":"2016-02-13T10:40:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:40:14","slug":"439","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Cultural equity for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2943.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-442\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2943.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"IMG_2943\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2943.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2943.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2943.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2943.jpg?w=1936&amp;ssl=1 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night I had a dream about the need to count buttons of three different colors that were sewn on a multi-colored shirt. In the dream, I had a hard time spotting some of the buttons. I have no idea of the significance of this dream, but when I awoke, I thought of this story from over seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>May 2008<\/p>\n<p>Dear Maya,<\/p>\n<p>Another quick story\u2026a story in a story.\u00a0 The other night when I was putting you to bed, rather than reading, I made up a story from my head. I told you a story about buttons that were hanging out in my closet [in my button box] that wanted to have an adventure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2810.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-444\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2810.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"IMG_2810\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2810.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2810.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2810.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2810.jpg?w=1936&amp;ssl=1 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They found a way to get out.\u00a0 They rolled around, played and chased each other.\u00a0 Highly sensitive, multicultural, all-inclusive Maya in her compassionate voices says, \u201cMommy, what about the buttons that were square?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2952.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-443\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2952.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"IMG_2952\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2952.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2952.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2952.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2952.jpg?w=1936&amp;ssl=1 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>All photos are from May 2008, the last one is with Gabriel on the Jersey Shore<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had a dream about the need to count buttons of three different colors that were sewn on a multi-colored shirt. 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