{"id":24,"date":"2026-06-08T12:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:46:26","slug":"they-called-us-gifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"They Called Us Gifted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Architect.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4506206152185646;width:273px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Architect.png 969w, https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Architect-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Architect-768x529.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was ten when it happened, that January morning in 1986 &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countdown is still etched in my mind. Millions of voices, feelings<br><br>\u2014Then quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/?p=24\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: They Called Us Gifted<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the shuttle dissolved into a bright plume of smoke, so too did my entire world. It&#8217;s dark here. I can feel a sound resonating along these golden threads &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yes. I can hear you&#8230;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was ten when it happened, that January morning in 1986 &#8230; The countdown is still etched in my mind. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelmoira.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}