{"id":146316,"date":"2026-02-02T12:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/?p=146316"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:47:33","slug":"its-the-friends-we-meet-along-the-way-that-help-us-appreciate-the-journey-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/its-the-friends-we-meet-along-the-way-that-help-us-appreciate-the-journey-45\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s the Friends we meet along the way that help us appreciate the journey . . . . . .\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/BretFebBlog.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/BretFebBlog.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/BretFebBlog.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/BretFebBlog-216x300.jpeg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I would like you to meet some of my Playhouse friends&#8230;.. They are so awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/AlexFebBlog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/AlexFebBlog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/AlexFebBlog.jpg 253w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2026\/02\/AlexFebBlog-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Please meet one of my new friends, Alex. He likes GiGiFit! Alex\u2019s favorite food is applesauce (I really like that too)! His nickname is Alex. He likes to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">listen to music on YouTube(I like to listen to music also).\ud83d\ude0a GiGi\u2019s makes Alex happy. Alex has a twin brother Niko! Alex is grateful for GiGi\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">for making friends\u2764 (I like making new friends also, like you!).<br>Thank you Alex (and mom) for participating in my blog, I appreciate it so<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">much&#8230;.Hugs to you\ud83e\udd17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submitted By:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brett Schatzman<br>GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix Adult Self Advocate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like you to meet some of my Playhouse friends&#8230;.. They are so awesome! Please meet one of my new friends, Alex. He likes GiGiFit! Alex\u2019s favorite food is applesauce (I really like that too)! His nickname is Alex. He likes to listen to music on YouTube(I like to listen to music also).\ud83d\ude0a GiGi\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}