{"id":442,"date":"2007-11-22T08:59:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-22T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/things-to-be-th"},"modified":"2007-11-22T08:59:02","modified_gmt":"2007-11-22T13:59:02","slug":"things-to-be-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Things to be thankful for"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/22\/abe_and_loren_web.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=600,height=700,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"408\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Abe_and_loren_web\" title=\"Abe_and_loren_web\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/2007\/11\/22\/abe_and_loren_web.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Finding someone to share your life with.<\/p>\n<p>Good friends who enjoy helping you out when you need it.<\/p>\n<p>Finding new skills and being able to use them.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a community that is big enough to survive and small enough to get to know everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to share your joy in life with others.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a place where talent is encouraged and recognized.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to pause in the headlong pursuit of future goals and to realize that we have accomplished what we set out to do in many areas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pastel drawing of this charming young couple was created by Karen Sewell. I created the custom frame. It is absolutely incredible to be part of a community where this type of creative activity happens every day. <\/p>\n<p>I am very thankful for all of this and for the support and encouragement of my readers.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that all of you have things to be thankful for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding someone to share your life with. Good friends who enjoy helping you out when you need it. Finding new skills and being able to use them. Finding a community that is big enough to survive and small enough to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=442\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1818],"tags":[728,606,1212,1213,1211,1210],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-78","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}