{"id":93,"date":"2007-12-25T20:11:22","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T04:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/25\/be-merry-and-grateful\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:13:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:13:18","slug":"be-merry-and-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/25\/be-merry-and-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Merry and Grateful"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/25\/be-merry-and-grateful\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F25%2Fbe-merry-and-grateful%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/Barry-Heather-hats3-Xmas07-small.jpg\" title=\"Barry and Heather - Xmas hats\" alt=\"Barry and Heather - Xmas hats\" align=\"left\" height=\"273\" width=\"335\" \/>Barry and I have finished unwrapping our gifts&#8230; and loving every one of them.<\/p>\n<p>(Here we are wearing our Santa hats and Christmas colors, very casual for the occasion.)<\/p>\n<p>This is such a great time of year to be grateful, and we made sure to be grateful for each and every gift that we received, as well as for the opportunity to give them to each other.<\/p>\n<p>Last night his family came by for a Christmas Eve party and gift-giving session, and it went great.  I spent all day making hors d&#8217;oeuvres and dinner, but it was worth every minute, and I&#8217;m grateful to be accepted into his family.<\/p>\n<p>Life is great when you&#8217;re surrounded with family, friends and loved ones, and have reasons to appreciate what you have.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We all have things to appreciate&#8230; it&#8217;s just a matter of finding them and feeling the gratitude so we can attract more of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/heather_sig.jpg\" title=\"Heather Vale\" alt=\"Heather Vale\" height=\"31\" width=\"185\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry and I have finished unwrapping our gifts&#8230; and loving every one of them. (Here we are wearing our Santa hats and Christmas colors, very casual for the occasion.) 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