{"id":42973,"date":"2021-12-30T21:18:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T04:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wife-thanks-deputies-for-their-christmas-kindness\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:10:44","slug":"wife-thanks-deputies-for-their-christmas-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wife-thanks-deputies-for-their-christmas-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife thanks deputies for their Christmas kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=00dd4161-f495-5420-a5dd-cd55c1a57cb2&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Adobe stock photo\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Adobe stock photo<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Adobe stock photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Right before Christmas, my husband, Chris, who is 88, had an anxiety episode related to his dementia. When I called for help, the Sheriff\u2019s Office sent deputy Alan Phelps and (his elf) Thomas Frost to assist me. I am 82. They were able to calm my husband down, and then they asked where our Christmas tree was. I told them I hadn\u2019t been able to get one yet, and they suggested that a Christmas tree might help make my husband happier.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Phelps and Frost returned to our house with a Christmas tree, which they set up and decorated, along with a box of food. I just want to thank them from the bottom of my heart, and to share with our community my sincere appreciation for their kindness.<\/p>\n<p>Mattie Quintana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>stock photoAdobe stock photo Right before Christmas, my husband, Chris, who is 88, had an anxiety episode related to his dementia. When I called for help, the Sheriff\u2019s Office sent deputy Alan Phelps and (his elf) Thomas Frost to assist me. I am 82. They were able to calm my husband down, and then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[890],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-42973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-thank-you"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85526,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42973\/revisions\/85526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42973"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=42973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}