{"id":2602,"date":"2018-12-16T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T16:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2018-12-16T11:30:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T16:30:12","slug":"just-one-kind-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=2602","title":{"rendered":"just one kind thing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, amidst a few errands,\u00a0 although we ourselves are short on time<br \/>\nmy husband stops into a busy coffee shop<br \/>\nto pick up a candy cane hot chocolate<br \/>\nfor a girl at the store we have just been to<br \/>\nwhose name he knows, as we see her often<br \/>\nand she has just mentioned<br \/>\nshe likes \u2018Timmies hot chocolate\u2019<\/p>\n<p>yesterday,\u00a0 late in the day..\u00a0 my drier breathes its last warm breath<br \/>\nand there it sits full of wet clothes<\/p>\n<p>yesterday, \u00a0I gladly meet a friend<br \/>\nwho is currently on a very grand adventure<br \/>\nof a lifetime<br \/>\nand when I see her (without actually seeing her)<br \/>\nwe share a virtual soul nourishing hug<br \/>\nshe in Greece<br \/>\nme<br \/>\nat home<br \/>\nboth of us\u2026\u00a0 full<br \/>\nconnected at the heart<\/p>\n<p>this morning, my husband is gone early<br \/>\nto work<br \/>\nI am coffee, \u00a0alone<br \/>\na small\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>I love you<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 on a bit of paper<br \/>\nwas a paper of some importance<br \/>\nbut now<br \/>\nfor a different reason<\/p>\n<p>this morning, I go out to breathe in<br \/>\nfresh air<br \/>\nand feed the birds<br \/>\ninevitably among wet leaves,\u00a0 I step in dog poop<\/p>\n<p>this morning, the sun shines<br \/>\nas I sit and read<br \/>\nwhile listening to the best comedy team I know<br \/>\nthe running dialogue<br \/>\nof my two sons<br \/>\nin the next room<\/p>\n<p>this morning, I think about my girl<br \/>\nwho is struggling<br \/>\nand I lift up my lantern<br \/>\nso that she might see<br \/>\na little<br \/>\nlight<\/p>\n<p>I send love to her parents and family<br \/>\nwho I know feel helpless<br \/>\nand I<br \/>\ncan feel small cracks<\/p>\n<p>this morning as I walk<br \/>\nI look at a very light frost<br \/>\nthat sparkles<br \/>\nand marvel at bits of colour<br \/>\nstill to be found<br \/>\nin a December garden<\/p>\n<p>connection<br \/>\nlet me tell you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>sometimes<br \/>\nit&#8217;s as simple<br \/>\nas one kind word<br \/>\none<br \/>\nkind thought<br \/>\ndo<br \/>\none kind thing<\/p>\n<p>even just<br \/>\none<\/p>\n<p>the art of living<br \/>\nlove<br \/>\neveryday<\/p>\n<p>it<strong>\u00a0is<\/strong><br \/>\njust<\/p>\n<p>that simple\u00a0 \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, amidst a few errands,\u00a0 although we ourselves are short on time my husband stops into a busy coffee shop to pick up a candy cane hot chocolate for a girl at the store we have just been to whose&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=2602\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[178,79,102,175,177],"class_list":["post-2602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bekind","tag-gobelove","tag-livinggratitude","tag-onekindthing","tag-theworldneedsyou"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/2610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}