{"id":12710,"date":"2023-04-14T01:53:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T06:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12710"},"modified":"2023-04-14T04:11:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T09:11:21","slug":"no-more-tears-sunset-and-candy-coated-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12710","title":{"rendered":"no more tears, sunset, and candy-coated treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. I help coach kids and have been working with third graders and soccer for the past several months. This week, one of the kids who struggles with his emotions a bit and I just played one-on-one for the whole hour. He kept up a steady stream of chatter and I teased him a little bit about how in second grade he must not have learned about over and under very well based on the boasts he was making. We made it through the whole session without tears and with laughter, which seems like a win.<\/p>\n<p>2. It&#8217;s been a while since I visited the park, so I headed up there for a while Tuesday evening. The sky was painted with the most gorgeous brush strokes.<\/p>\n<p>3. Despite looking in both D.C. and Connecticut, I hadn&#8217;t come across any Hershey Eggs, my favorite Easter candy, all season. Sunday, Rudi returned from his bike ride in Maryland with three bags for me.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week: 1. I help coach kids and have been working with third graders and soccer for the past several months. This week, one of the kids who struggles with his emotions a bit and I just played one-on-one for the whole hour. 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