{"id":1214,"date":"2023-12-23T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2023-12-23T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T15:02:00","slug":"holiday-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Holiday-Blessings-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Holiday-Blessings-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Holiday-Blessings-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Holiday-Blessings-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Holidays have a way of creating a mix of emotions for many people.\u00a0 This season is one of joy with a tinge of sadness for me.\u00a0 While I am filled with gratitude for the wonderful people in my life, I also feel the loss of my mother on this holiday.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I feel joy and gratitude this holiday season.\u00a0 For I have many happy memories of Christmases spent with my mom, and we continue to make happy memories with those who are still here with us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">My parents used to host a Christmas dinner at our church for the lonely hearts who no longer had anyone to celebrate the holidays with.\u00a0 I always saw this as a thoughtful gesture of love towards others, but now I see how very important it must have been to some people.\u00a0 I wish blessings for you this holiday season. Whether you have many people to celebrate with or only a few, I wish that this holiday is a season where you can celebrate with happy hearts and the knowledge that you are loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-3\">\n\n<strong>Holiday Blessings<\/strong>\r\nBy Krista Longeway\r\n\r\nTo my dear family and friends near and far\r\nYou are on my heart wherever you are\r\nMay you be blessed this holiday season\r\nFor all of you are the joyful reason\r\nThat I am grateful on these holidays\r\nSo I\u2019m sending you love now and always\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holidays have a way of creating a mix of emotions for many people.\u00a0 This season is one of joy with a tinge of sadness for me.\u00a0 While I am filled with gratitude for the wonderful people in my life, I also feel the loss of my mother on this holiday.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I feel joy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends-and-family","category-uncategorized","category-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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