{"id":1606,"date":"2018-02-09T03:50:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T08:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2018-02-09T13:40:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:40:33","slug":"week-178-have-a-rob-church-kinda-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1606","title":{"rendered":"Week #178 – “Have a Rob Church Kinda Day!”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Happy February!” (photo credit: Granny Church)<\/p><\/div>\n

[Editor’s note: Sunday is Rob’s birthday so this week’s post is a repeat\u00a0from\u00a0Week #21<\/a>\u00a0— because<\/span>\u00a0it will always be worth repeating: Have a Rob Church Kinda Day! \u00a0Miss you daily, bud.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Week #178 – “Have a Rob Church Kinda Day!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday,\u00a0February 11th is Rob’s birthday. \u00a0He would have been 44 this year. \u00a0And do you remember from\u00a0Week #21<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0what I said\u00a0he would’ve done?<\/p>\n

(All together now…)<\/p>\n

Whatever he damn well pleased!<\/em><\/p>\n

Thaaaaat’s right!<\/em> \u00a0I celebrated a lot of birthdays alongside my brother…and there are two things I still\u00a0know for sure:<\/p>\n

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  1. He always took the day off from work.<\/li>\n
  2. And he always did exactly what he wanted to do!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That didn’t always include seeing family, either. \u00a0Some birthdays he spent with other people. \u00a0Some he spent by himself. \u00a0But on that day above all others…he did whatever made him happy. \u00a0And that made those of us who knew and loved him happy, too!<\/p>\n

    For a lot of people, birthdays are a harsh reminder of getting older, losing steam, or giving up on dreams. \u00a0Not Rob…on his 40th birthday in\u00a02014\u00a0he was running windsprints at the track and told me he felt in the best shape of his life. \u00a0Over and over again, he said he\u00a0was looking forward to his 40’s.<\/p>\n

    What a kick in the teeth.<\/p>\n

    Are you still alive? \u00a0Still breathing? \u00a0Well this week’s assignment isn’t just for you…it’s for me, too.<\/p>\n

    Your Happyness Challenge for the week ahead: HAVE A ROB CHURCH KINDA DAY! \u00a0<\/strong>If you could do whatever you damn well pleased…what would it be?\u00a0\u00a0Make a list, start a vision board, or fill a jar with ideas to draw at random. \u00a0Then, on Sunday, February 11th (or any time this week)…have a “Rob Church Kinda Day!” \u00a0You may not be able to take the entire day off…but set aside time to practice identifying (and doing) something ONLY for you! \u00a0Something that makes YOU happy. \u00a0Something that lets you hear Rob’s voice — or someone else who you know and love — saying “Good for you!”<\/p>\n

    With family, work, kids, parents, pets, jobs, PTA, churches, charities, and bills to pay…it’s easy to get lost in doing for others. \u00a0If you are waiting for the world to give you permission to take time for yourself…get comfortable! \u00a0Take permission instead…and practice doing ONE THING that pleases YOU this week!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Spread Happyness…and Have a “Rob Church Kinda Day!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

    2\/9\/18 by Grace Church
    \n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
    \ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [Editor’s note: Sunday is Rob’s birthday so this week’s post is a repeat\u00a0from\u00a0Week #21\u00a0— because\u00a0it will always be worth repeating: Have a Rob Church Kinda Day! \u00a0Miss you daily, bud.] Week #178 – “Have a Rob Church Kinda Day!” Sunday,\u00a0February 11th is Rob’s birthday. \u00a0He would have been 44 this year. \u00a0And do you remember […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}