{"id":5489,"date":"2019-01-02T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/?p=5489"},"modified":"2019-01-02T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:41:39","slug":"the-turning-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/hope\/the-turning-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Turning of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My family spent New Year\u2019s afternoon gathered around a bonfire with the cold at our backs and cheery warmth on our faces. I had a chance to reflect on the highlights of the past year and try to look ahead into 2019.<\/p>\n

Whenever I pause, I\u2019m filled with gratitude for my healthy, happy family and the bonds that keep us close. I loved being surrounded by a tumble of four generations over the holidays, and last week included my niece\u2019s wedding, too. Such an overabundance of laughter and joy!<\/p>\n

For the upcoming year, my goals are modest. I aim to walk more than I have of late. I\u2019ve picked up a compost bin and started collecting food scraps. Steady, persistent writing will very likely result in a viable revision of this novel sometime this year, and that milestone will be nice. I\u2019ll continue to monitor the state of the world, to speak up when and however I can, and to foster the strength and beauty of my precious communities.<\/p>\n

May 2019 be a year of kindness, fairness, and generosity. Here\u2019s hoping you find your share of love and pass it along!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My family spent New Year\u2019s afternoon gathered around a bonfire with the cold at our backs and cheery warmth on our faces. I had a chance to reflect on the highlights of the past year and try to look ahead into 2019. Whenever I pause, I\u2019m filled with gratitude for my healthy, happy family and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[861],"tags":[1032],"class_list":["post-5489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hope","tag-gratitude"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5491,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions\/5491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}