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Have a great day of feasting and family, if that’s what you’re doing today, or just a day of quiet reflection on the good things that have happened in your life this year.<\/p>\n
There have been a lot of losses for us this year, but in spite of that, we are thankful to have known and loved those who we’ve lost this year, and give thanks for what they added to our lives.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re also very thankful to be doing what we love, surrounded by many friends and loved ones, and we look forward to a new year of continued blessings and adventure.\u00c2\u00a0 We wish the same for you as well.<\/p>\n
Charles & Heather<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have a great day of feasting and family, if that’s what you’re doing today, or just a day of quiet reflection on the good things that have happened in your life this year. There have been a lot of losses for us this year, but in spite of that, we are thankful to have known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-8P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7080,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/23\/ten-musical-things-im-thankful-for-this-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":547,"position":0},"title":"ten musical things I’m thankful for this year","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a job. 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