{"id":17534,"date":"2026-01-04T13:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:30:27","slug":"youre-banned-from-thanksgiving-until-you-apologize-my-mother-screamed-i-didnt-argue-i-didnt-explain-i-quietly-canceled-every-card-every-automatic-paym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

PART 1 \u2014 The Ban That Was Supposed to Break Me\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d<\/p>\n

My mother\u2019s voice cut through the phone, sharp and final, as if she were issuing a court ruling instead of throwing a tantrum. I could hear dishes clinking in the background, the familiar sounds of preparation\u2014the kind I had funded for years without ever being acknowledged.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t argue.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t explain.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t even ask what, exactly, I was supposed to apologize for this time.<\/p>\n

Because I already knew.<\/p>\n

It was never about a single disagreement. It was about control. About reminding me that love in our family was conditional\u2014granted only when I complied, when I stayed quiet, when I kept giving without asking anything in return.<\/p>\n

So when she hung up on me, breathing hard with self-righteous anger, I simply placed my phone face down on the table and sat there for a moment in silence.<\/p>\n

Then I opened my laptop.<\/p>\n

For years, I had paid for things \u201ctemporarily.\u201d
The internet bill\u2014just until your father\u2019s pension clears.<\/em>
The phone plans\u2014it\u2019s easier if they\u2019re all under one account.<\/em>
Streaming services, insurance add-ons, grocery subscriptions, even a credit card \u201cfor emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emergencies that never seemed to end.<\/p>\n

They had gotten used to it. So used to it that they stopped asking. Stopped thanking. Stopped remembering whose name was actually on the accounts.<\/p>\n

That night, I didn\u2019t cry.<\/p>\n

I logged in.<\/p>\n

One by one, I canceled every card. Every automatic payment. Every subscription and recurring charge that quietly left my account each month and landed in their lives as entitlement.<\/p>\n

No drama.
No announcements.
No warning.<\/p>\n

Just confirmations.<\/p>\n

Your payment has been successfully canceled.<\/em>
This service will end at midnight.<\/em><\/p>\n

I closed my laptop, made myself dinner, and went to bed.<\/p>\n

I slept better than I had in years.<\/p>\n

Because for the first time, I wasn\u2019t reacting.<\/p>\n

I was reclaiming.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

PART 2 \u2014 When Silence Becomes Expensive<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first message came at 6:12 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid something happen to the internet?\u201d<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t reply.<\/p>\n

Then another.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is my card being declined?\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the calls started.<\/p>\n

I watched my phone light up again and again on the bedside table. My mother. My father. My brother. Numbers I hadn\u2019t heard from in months suddenly desperate for my attention.<\/p>\n

By 9:00 a.m., there were twelve missed calls.<\/p>\n

By noon, twenty-seven.<\/p>\n

Messages piled up, the tone shifting rapidly.<\/p>\n

Confusion.
Annoyance.
Anger.
Panic.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you change something?\u201d
\u201cThis is embarrassing.\u201d
\u201cYou need to fix this now.\u201d
\u201cWhy aren\u2019t you answering?\u201d<\/p>\n

I finally read one message from my mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of game are you playing? We have guests coming. The grocery card isn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/p>\n

I smiled faintly.<\/p>\n

It was never a game when I was paying.<\/p>\n

Now it was a crisis.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t respond immediately. Instead, I went for a walk. I let the cool air clear my head. I reminded myself that boundaries don\u2019t require permission.<\/p>\n

That afternoon, my brother sent a voice message. His tone was unusually cautious.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook\u2026 Mom\u2019s upset. You know how she gets. Just apologize so things can go back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Normal.<\/p>\n

Normal was me paying quietly while being threatened with exclusion.
Normal was my money being treated like a family resource, not my own.
Normal was being told I was selfish the moment I stopped giving.<\/p>\n

I finally replied with one sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not playing a game. I just stopped paying.\u201d<\/p>\n

The response was immediate.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t just do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

I laughed out loud\u2014for the first time in days.<\/p>\n

Apparently, I could.<\/p>\n

PART 3 \u2014 The Apology That Was Never Spoken<\/strong><\/p>\n

That evening, my mother called again.<\/p>\n

I answered this time\u2014but I didn\u2019t speak first.<\/p>\n

Her voice sounded different. Smaller. Tighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to talk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

I waited.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou embarrassed us,\u201d she continued. \u201cYour father couldn\u2019t pay at the store. Do you know how that looks?\u201d<\/p>\n

I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou banned me from Thanksgiving,\u201d I said calmly. \u201cYou decided I didn\u2019t belong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was just\u2014\u201d she started, then stopped.<\/p>\n

Then, quietly, \u201cYou didn\u2019t have to do all this.\u201d<\/p>\n

I kept my voice steady. \u201cYou didn\u2019t have to treat my support like an obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silence stretched between us.<\/p>\n

For the first time, she had nothing ready to throw back at me.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could have just apologized,\u201d she said weakly.<\/p>\n

I shook my head, even though she couldn\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome apologies don\u2019t need words,\u201d I replied. \u201cThey need boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t yell.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t threaten.<\/p>\n

She sighed.<\/p>\n

And in that sound, I heard something unfamiliar.<\/p>\n

Realization.<\/p>\n

That Thanksgiving, I didn\u2019t go to their house.<\/p>\n

I cooked for myself. I invited friends who knew how to say thank you. We ate slowly. We laughed. No one demanded anything from me.<\/p>\n

The messages stopped after a few days.<\/p>\n

When contact resumed weeks later, the tone was different. Careful. Polite. As if they were suddenly aware that access to me was no longer guaranteed.<\/p>\n

I never asked for an apology.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t need one.<\/p>\n

Because the moment I took back what they thought would last forever, the power dynamic shifted permanently.<\/p>\n

And I learned something important:<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t owe explanations to people who only listen when something is taken away.
You don\u2019t need to raise your voice to be heard.
And sometimes, the strongest boundary is the quiet decision to stop funding disrespect.<\/p>\n

If this story resonated with you, ask yourself this:<\/p>\n

What in your life are you still paying for\u2014emotionally or financially\u2014just to keep the peace?<\/p>\n

And what would happen if you stopped\u2026
without saying a word?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-story"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever. - Story<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever. - Story\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Story\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-04T13:30:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534\",\"name\":\"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever. - Story\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-04T13:30:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7cba845c857c75bc65a6548716a8bbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg\",\"width\":1020,\"height\":1020},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/\",\"name\":\"Story\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7cba845c857c75bc65a6548716a8bbf9\",\"name\":\"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/535f383a021bcaa3fc8181ec98ff8f5f509c5e7ad95a2b22f1177aed1134cd95?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/535f383a021bcaa3fc8181ec98ff8f5f509c5e7ad95a2b22f1177aed1134cd95?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever. - Story","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever. - Story","og_description":"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They […]","og_url":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534","og_site_name":"Story","article_published_time":"2026-01-04T13:30:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1020,"height":1020,"url":"http:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534","url":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534","name":"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever. - Story","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-01-04T13:30:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7cba845c857c75bc65a6548716a8bbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dreamina-2026-01-04-7765-An-ultra-realistic-emotionally-charged-.jpeg","width":1020,"height":1020},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=17534#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cYou\u2019re banned from Thanksgiving until you apologize!\u201d my mother screamed. I didn\u2019t argue. I didn\u2019t explain. I quietly canceled every card, every automatic payment they had been using as if it were theirs. Soon, my phone started vibrating nonstop. Messages piled up. Twenty-seven missed calls. And that\u2019s when I understood\u2014some apologies don\u2019t need words. They only require taking back what others thought would last forever."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/","name":"Story","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7cba845c857c75bc65a6548716a8bbf9","name":"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/535f383a021bcaa3fc8181ec98ff8f5f509c5e7ad95a2b22f1177aed1134cd95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/535f383a021bcaa3fc8181ec98ff8f5f509c5e7ad95a2b22f1177aed1134cd95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"NGUY\u1ec4N QU\u1ef2NH"},"url":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17549,"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534\/revisions\/17549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/story.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}