{"id":12183,"date":"2022-05-27T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12183"},"modified":"2022-05-27T03:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T08:52:56","slug":"ref-character-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12183","title":{"rendered":"ref, character, and family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/52102964250\/\" title=\"Another Rainy Day, Another Rainbow (or Two)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52102964250_a8b8d3947f_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Another Rainy Day, Another Rainbow (or Two)\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, it&#8217;s been a hard week for all of us. But these are the weeks when we have to find the things that give us light. Here are three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. My Saturday volleyball league is helmed by a really nice guy, John, who brought a case of water with him and made sure we paused in between sets to cool off in the shade and rehydrate on the hottest day of the year so far. Plus, he carried that water and a volleyball net plus a solar charging pad, battery, and other assorted odds and ends to the field on his scooter.<\/p>\n<p>2. As I was walking to the farmers market yesterday, I passed a cyclist who looked to be about my mother&#8217;s age. His bike was outfitted with spoke beads and a music speaker, and he was sporting a velour duster and a blue mohawk bike helmet.<\/p>\n<p>3. My brother and brother-not-in-law are visiting the northeast this week, and my brother texted me a photo of them and my parents together. <\/p>\n<p>How about you? 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