{"id":15727,"date":"2023-12-25T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T16:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/?p=15727"},"modified":"2023-12-25T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T16:59:19","slug":"merry-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/merry-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been eight months. I don’t intentionally count, but I can’t seem to avoid it.<\/p>\n

Thirty years ago I knew I would be in this place. I wouldn’t have done it any other way, but it sure hurts.<\/p>\n

I changed the sheets on the bed this morning (nothing remarkable there). I chose to use a new set of sheets Alan had purchased some time ago but never got around to using, so it’s as if they were a Christmas present from him.<\/p>\n

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In other news, refurbishment work has begun on the porches at the house. This is exciting! I have a plumber who will be getting a bathroom functioning at the shop. This is also exciting.<\/p>\n

I adopted the three kittens I was fostering (Who doesn’t need more chaos in their life?), and they have turned out to be extraordinarily affectionate.<\/p>\n

Despite my profound sadness, life is very good. I have wonderfully supportive friends who take my grief in stride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been eight months. I don’t intentionally count, but I can’t seem to avoid it. Thirty years ago I knew I would be in this place. I wouldn’t have done it any other way, but it sure hurts. I changed the sheets on the bed this morning (nothing remarkable there). …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pondering-place"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15728,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15727\/revisions\/15728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}