{"id":841,"date":"2020-12-19T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=841"},"modified":"2021-02-11T09:53:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:53:45","slug":"reflection-from-jennifer-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-jennifer-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from Jennifer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve decided to celebrate Christmas this year.&nbsp; That might not sound particularly exciting, but in this pandemic time that has brought so many losses, big and small, it is exciting.&nbsp; This year I haven\u2019t celebrated anything &#8212; my seminary graduation, 20th college reunion, 20th wedding anniversary, my birthday, Thanksgiving.&nbsp; I know others have found new ways to celebrate this year, but for me these days simply came and went.&nbsp; Thinking ahead to Christmas, I was beginning to get overwhelmed with the feeling of having to <em>do<\/em> Christmas at home myself this year, as we won\u2019t be with extended family.&nbsp; My mother usually takes care of filling all the stockings, my dad and I work together in the kitchen, my sister\u2019s five year-old and her two dogs add a great amount of entertainment.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took some time to sit with this feeling of impending overwhelm and think about what I really want Christmas to feel like.&nbsp; I want joy!&nbsp; I want to <em>celebrate<\/em> Christmas!&nbsp; I started thinking of ways that I could see this year as an opportunity to create new traditions, to make Christmas what I really want it to be, without pressure or expectations.&nbsp; So I talked to my husband and 17 year-old son about this idea.&nbsp; We decided to have fewer presents but more decorations this year.&nbsp; And my son would like pizza on Christmas Eve and a stocking filled with ping pong balls!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we approach the holidays, I encourage you to <em>celebrate<\/em>.&nbsp; Celebrate anything in any way you\u2019d like.&nbsp; But please be sure to make it special for you and those you love.&nbsp; Make it what you want it to be.&nbsp; Make it joyful.&nbsp; Make it something to remember; after all, 2020 will most definitely be a year to remember.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wishing you much joy this holiday season,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jennifer, CPE Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve decided to celebrate Christmas this year.&nbsp; That might not sound particularly exciting, but in this pandemic time that has brought so many losses, big and small, it is exciting.&nbsp; This year I haven\u2019t celebrated anything &#8212; my seminary graduation, 20th college reunion, 20th wedding anniversary, my birthday, Thanksgiving.&nbsp; I know others have found new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-jennifer-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflection from Jennifer<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}