{"id":2103,"date":"2015-01-25T15:21:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T23:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2103"},"modified":"2024-03-11T19:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T02:00:15","slug":"theory-expanded-love-hilarious-beguiling-bravely-truthful","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/theory-expanded-love-hilarious-beguiling-bravely-truthful\/","title":{"rendered":"A Theory of Expanded Love &#8211;               &#8220;Hilarious&#8221;, &#8220;beguiling&#8221;, &#8220;bravely truthful&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2103\" class=\"elementor elementor-2103\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e53620 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e53620\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98d36fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98d36fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Theory-Clouds-Charm-768x384.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3955\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Theory-Clouds-Charm-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Theory-Clouds-Charm-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Theory-Clouds-Charm.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03e635e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03e635e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dcc734 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5dcc734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Theory-Expanded-Love-Caitlin-Hicks\/dp\/B0C2SM65WV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-cart-plus\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Available on Amazon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5a80d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1a5a80d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chirpbooks.com\/audiobooks\/a-theory-of-expanded-love-by-caitlin-hicks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Buy the NEW Audio Book!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1b413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae1b413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cIn the end, it is not Annie\u2019s eyes, or brain or mouth that brings her story over the finish line with grace and power and love&#8230; it is her heart. 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