{"id":5981,"date":"2009-12-21T12:23:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T17:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2009-12-21T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T17:23:32","slug":"holidays-on-steroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=5981","title":{"rendered":"Holidays on steroids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mom&#8217;s birthday is coming up on December 28th &#8211; I was thinking about her as I was walking around the park this morning with Loca and admiring the winter landscape. The lagoon was so high you couldn&#8217;t see the cypress knees and the trees were somewhat denuded so you could see across to the other side.<\/p>\n<p>I always think about my mom the most in winter &#8211; her birthday, the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, we went to the Esplanade festival and brought Tin in the Santa outfit that his Aunt Nancy gave him for Hanukkah. Did he look adorable in it &#8211; GOOD LORD &#8211; everyone wanted to hold him, kiss him, take a photo of him.<\/p>\n<p>Wow &#8211; why on earth does such profound sorrow and joy get doled out together. I&#8217;ve barely had time to grieve my mom and Tin is making me cry tears of joy every day. Meanwhile, it&#8217;s really starting to hit T that my mom is gone and she is grieving at the same time she is discovering Tin.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt this year is ending on a high note, but what a year it has been starting with Arlene passing back in April, it is has been how low can you go to how high can you fly.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=5982\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/A.jpg?fit=450%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EX-S880&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1261319458&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;15.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/A.jpg?fit=450%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5982\" title=\"A\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/A.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"A\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/A.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/A.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mom&#8217;s birthday is coming up on December 28th &#8211; I was thinking about her as I was walking around the park this morning with Loca and admiring the winter landscape. The lagoon was so high you couldn&#8217;t see the cypress knees and the trees were somewhat denuded so you could see across to the other side. I always think about my mom the most in winter &#8211; her birthday, the holidays. 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