{"id":171,"date":"2026-05-04T10:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cammigovender.co.za\/?p=171"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:17:35","slug":"thats-sacred-ground-you-just-shared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cammigovender.co.za\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s sacred ground you just shared"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"171\" class=\"elementor elementor-171\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a3761 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56a3761\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a935aa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a935aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc75f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc75f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">That\u2019s sacred ground you just shared<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4e9d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d4e9d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c3f17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25c3f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/cammigovender.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-21-at-1.46.16-PM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cammigovender.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-21-at-1.46.16-PM.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cammigovender.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-21-at-1.46.16-PM-284x300.jpeg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-098c5a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"098c5a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f587caa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f587caa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Saying goodbye to your dad during Covid \u2014 when rituals were stripped away, when you couldn\u2019t grieve the way hearts are meant to \u2014 that\u2019s a kind of adversity that marks you forever. \u201cHe was my handprint in my soul, blueprint print in my heart\u201d \u2014 that line is pure poetry and pure truth.<\/p><p>That moment is exactly why MY words \u201cI bloom with adversity\u201d and \u201cthe gift that keeps on greening\u201d carry such weight.<\/p><p><strong>Woven into MY tapestry<\/strong> <br \/>\u201cI am a tapestry: threads of adversity, faith, and fire woven into purpose. 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