{"id":1009,"date":"2013-12-10T17:44:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T01:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2013-12-10T17:44:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T01:44:26","slug":"memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snowangel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1010\" alt=\"snowangel\" src=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snowangel-256x300.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snowangel-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snowangel.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a>Last year, I started collecting entries on scraps of paper and stuffing them into a memory jar.\u00a0 The idea\u00a0was to notice something special about each day, jot it down and then read them all on January 1st.\u00a0 I cannot wait to open them up.\u00a0 I might make a collage from these special notes.\u00a0 It was a good task, to look around and observe details.\u00a0 I am guilty of moving too quickly or just flying blind.\u00a0 Wonders abound.\u00a0 Flower petals, clouds, songs, animals, smells, sticks, smiles and more.\u00a0 I so appreciated the thought of the memory jar and the fact that it made me stop on a daily basis and look around.\u00a0 Slow down.\u00a0 Breathe.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the year, the entries became more sporadic and isn&#8217;t that just when we need them the most?\u00a0 And so, I plan to do the jar again next year.\u00a0 I will slow down and look around and breathe.\u00a0There is so much out there.\u00a0 Embrace the tiny moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I started collecting entries on scraps of paper and stuffing them into a memory jar.\u00a0 The idea\u00a0was to notice something special about each day, jot it down and then read them all on January 1st.\u00a0 I cannot wait &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1009\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}