{"id":594,"date":"2011-10-04T21:14:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T01:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2011-10-04T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T01:15:05","slug":"always-take-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"Always take a moment…"},"content":{"rendered":"

….when you celebrate and remember those who are not with you… be it distance, or if they’ve passed on. (Yes, I know I’ve mentioned this before in my post: https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=312<\/a> but I feel the need to revisit)<\/p>\n

I have a tradition (that I’ve had since … 1986 or so) where I “turn down” a place setting for that particular reason. When the family gathers to celebrate, Mother’s, Father’s, Thanksgiving, or Christmas Day, there is always a place setting where the cup is inverted.<\/p>\n

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We’re coming upon numerous celebrations (US: Columbus Day\/Canada: Thanksgiving Day; Veteran’s Day; US: Thanksgiving; Hanukkah, Christmas Eve\/Day, New Year’s Eve\/Day). Don’t forget…to remember.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t have to be a solemn moment. It can be joyful. Do not grieve if they have passed; rejoice in the fact that they were in your life. Be not filled with sorrow they are not with you at that moment; celebrate that they are part of your here and now, and that you will see them again.<\/p>\n

As you know, I often say “I am with you because you remember me.”<\/p>\n

Silver Blue… who says… “I’ll be seeing you…in all the old familiar places.”<\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/mbibsy.mp3]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

….when you celebrate and remember those who are not with you… be it distance, or if they’ve passed on. (Yes, I know I’ve mentioned this before in my post: https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=312 but I feel the need to revisit) I have a tradition (that I’ve had since … 1986 or so) where I “turn down” a place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[272,270,83,271],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-honouring","tag-memorial","tag-memories","tag-remembering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}