{"id":12531,"date":"2022-12-09T01:57:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12531"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:57:34","slug":"thoughtful-whole-family-and-seeing-the-seasonal-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12531","title":{"rendered":"thoughtful, whole family, and seeing the seasonal sights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. One of my teammates brings me an ornament for our tree. &#8220;I picked it because its skirt reminded me of your Halloween costume.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2. My brother and his partner were visiting my folks and so I got to talk to Josh, as well as my parents when I called on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>3. I did a little Christmas shopping on the Hill this evening, and decided to talk home across town, since it was dry and warm. 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