{"id":2158,"date":"2019-11-22T06:50:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T11:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2019-11-22T01:51:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T06:51:34","slug":"week-271-thanksgiving-week-make-your-moments-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"Week #271 &#8211; Thanksgiving Week: Make your moments matter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Wk-166-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Wk-166-1-270x300.jpg?resize=270%2C300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Wk-166-1.jpg?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Wk-166-1.jpg?resize=624%2C693&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Wk-166-1.jpg?w=647&amp;ssl=1 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>(JoCheryl Holcombe via Facebook on 11\/15\/17)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Week #271 &#8211; Thanksgiving Week: Make your moments matter!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we head into Thanksgiving Week, I&#8217;m reminded of a post from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1496\">two years ago<\/a> about a woman named JoCheryl Holcombe who lost EIGHT family members (TEN if you include an unborn child and a close family friend) in the Sutherland Springs, Texas shooting on November 5, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At that time, an acquaintance of mine (who is friends with Cheryl) shared JoCheryl&#8217;s Facebook post from the day her town gathered together to celebrate the lives of the Holcombe and Hill families that were killed en masse just ten days before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can still see JoCheryl&#8217;s public message on FB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jo.cheryl.7\/posts\/10208874204967329\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I couldn&#8217;t possibly add anything to that &#8212; except to agree and share it with you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1496\">again<\/a>. \u00a0As you gather together with family this week &#8212; if you get along or you don&#8217;t get along &#8212; remember, it may feel like you have forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You don&#8217;t. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(But then again, you do!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.facebook.com\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/f6c\/1\/16\/2764.png?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your Happyness Challenge&nbsp;for the week ahead is this quote from JoCheryl Holcombe:<br><\/strong><em>&#8220;So, when you think of those you love and it feels like you have forever, just remember you don&#8217;t, but then again, YOU DO! make this life matter, our soul is the only thing we take with us when we are done&#8230;it&#8217;s worth tending, it&#8217;s worth making meaningful deep connections and living each moment in the fullest most meaningful way. BECAUSE everything can change in a holy instant&nbsp;&#8220;<br>(JoCheryl Holcombe via Facebook &#8212; 11\/15\/17)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spread Happyness &#8212;&nbsp;make your moments matter! &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Have a Happy Thanksgiving Week!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>11\/22\/19 by Grace Church<br>\u00a9 Grace Church<br>grace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week #271 &#8211; Thanksgiving Week: Make your moments matter! 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