{"id":704,"date":"2022-08-02T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delaneysjourney.com\/?page_id=704"},"modified":"2022-08-04T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T16:55:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/delaneysjourney.com\/?page_id=704","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"704\" class=\"elementor elementor-704\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2bd395 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2bd395\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;waves&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M421.9,6.5c22.6-2.5,51.5,0.4,75.5,5.3c23.6,4.9,70.9,23.5,100.5,35.7c75.8,32.2,133.7,44.5,192.6,49.7\n\tc23.6,2.1,48.7,3.5,103.4-2.5c54.7-6,106.2-25.6,106.2-25.6V0H0v30.3c0,0,72,32.6,158.4,30.5c39.2-0.7,92.8-6.7,134-22.4\n\tc21.2-8.1,52.2-18.2,79.7-24.2C399.3,7.9,411.6,7.5,421.9,6.5z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-469790e\" data-id=\"469790e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02b519d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02b519d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3952584 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3952584\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-468e5f8\" data-id=\"468e5f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9bd930 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9bd930\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ea9398\" data-id=\"4ea9398\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e44a9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e44a9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/delaneysjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Author_Jennifer.jpg\" alt=\"Author_Jennifer\" width=\"416\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delaneysjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Author_Jennifer.jpg 416w, https:\/\/delaneysjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Author_Jennifer-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/>Many years ago on July 18, 1983 in Charlotte, NC I was \u201cHandpicked\u201d by my amazing parents Coy &amp; Glenda Fredell. I grew up beside my Grandpa Bill and Grandma Mildred and I have always been told how special I am that I was \u201cchosen\u201d and this lead me to openly talk about how proud I am to be an adoptee.<\/p><p>My parents and grandparents made a huge impact in my life and I attribute all my life experiences, success, and the ability to openly share my story to them for always helping me to understand my story. My Grandpa had two quotes I continue to live by and those are \u201cHey Jennifer do you wanna hear a joke? Tell God what your plans are!\u201d The other quote is \u201cThere is no such thing as coincidence, it\u2019s just God\u2019s way of being anonymous.\u201d I have always remembered those and live by them.<\/p><p>\u201cHandpicked\u201d is a culmination of my life, as well as the story of many foster children, that I have had the privilege to work with and educate throughout my professional career in education. There are so many children who feel lost, hopeless, and that they do not have a purpose.<\/p><p>It is teachers like two of my own, Mrs. Hilda Kiser and Mrs. Susan Elmore, who taught me first and second grade at Bethware Elementary School, that make a difference in the lives of children and I\u2019m forever grateful that God allowed me to use my story and my path to help hundreds of foster children as an educator.<\/p><p>I want EVERY child to know they are perfect, God has a purpose for them, and I want to encourage all children to find purpose through their pain and their own individual stories. We are all \u201cHandpicked\u201d by God and I hope this story can deliver that message so that each little boy and little girl will always remember God has a plan for their life and Grandpa Bill\u2019s quote, <em>&#8220;Wanna hear a joke? 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