{"id":870,"date":"2009-11-25T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shawnna.wordpress.com\/?p=870"},"modified":"2009-11-25T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T18:57:13","slug":"thanksgiving-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving blessings &#8211; 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No greater blessing than to receive this from your son:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I love you mom, and I feel like one thing that separates me from others is my value system coupled with my willingness to stand up for what I think is right no matter the situation. I feel like you have bestowed on me not just a sound moral value system, but strong will-power to stand up for what is right, and to fearlessly speak my truth at all times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being my mother, and for continuing to do so. It may not seem like it sometimes, but I am very happy to have chosen you.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On this eve of Thanksgiving, I am deeply blessed to have been given the opportunity to nurture two incredibly beautiful Souls; Matthew and Ryan Hickney.<\/p>\n<p>They are my legacy.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shawnna.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/momandmatt.JPG?resize=500%2C630\" alt=\"\" title=\"Matt and me\" width=\"500\" height=\"630\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shawnna.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/momandryan.JPG?resize=500%2C618\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ryan and me\" width=\"500\" height=\"618\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-351\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And from 1988<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shawnna.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/christmas1988cropped.JPG?resize=500%2C449\" alt=\"\" title=\"Christmas 1988\" width=\"500\" height=\"449\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-349\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No greater blessing than to receive this from your son: &#8220;I love you mom, and I feel like one thing that separates me from others is my value system coupled with my willingness to stand up for what I think <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=870\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}