{"id":92,"date":"2011-12-14T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T21:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=92"},"modified":"2011-12-14T21:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T21:33:00","slug":"families-be-at-peace-this-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Families Be At Peace This Holiday:)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BstTiYW1hk4\/TukZF6nJVQI\/AAAAAAAANaI\/8LgZr7wmSpQ\/s1600\/DSC08386.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BstTiYW1hk4\/TukZF6nJVQI\/AAAAAAAANaI\/8LgZr7wmSpQ\/s320\/DSC08386.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686103593955448066\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Peace be unto all, especially your families.  Be nice to each other this holiday season!  As my mom always used to say, &#8216;If you can&#8217;t be nice to your (enter brother, sister, mother, grandpa, in-laws etc.) then treat them like acquaintances instead of relations!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And with that, enjoy some lyrics from a favourite band of mine.  This Christmas song of theirs has really been a blessing to me this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christmas lights tangle in knots annually<br \/>All families huddle closely<br \/>Betting warmth against the cold<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">All the bruises seem to surface<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Like mud beneath the snow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So we sing carols softly<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">As sweet as we know<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> A prayer that our burdens will lift as we go<\/span><br \/>Like young love still waiting under mistletoe<br \/>We&#8217;ll welcome December with tireless hope<\/p>\n<p>Let our bells keep on ringing<br \/>Making angels in the snow<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">And may the melody disarm us<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> When the cracks begin to show<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like the petals in our pockets<br \/>May we remember who we are<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Unconditionally cared for <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> By those who share our broken hearts<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">~Sleeping At Last &#8216;SNOW&#8217;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-nrQhsn9baAw\/TukYJWYu3DI\/AAAAAAAANZ4\/x6xMZycZgKQ\/s1600\/DSC01741%25281%2529a.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-nrQhsn9baAw\/TukYJWYu3DI\/AAAAAAAANZ4\/x6xMZycZgKQ\/s320\/DSC01741%25281%2529a.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686102553439165490\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">MERRY CHRISTMAS!<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>TTFN<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peace be unto all, especially your families. Be nice to each other this holiday season! As my mom always used to say, &#8216;If you can&#8217;t be nice to your (enter brother, sister, mother, grandpa, in-laws etc.) then treat them like acquaintances instead of relations!&#8217; And with that, enjoy some lyrics from a favourite band of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,17,16,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}