{"id":2246,"date":"2020-12-09T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2020-12-09T09:12:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:12:52","slug":"happy-holidays-titans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/2020\/12\/09\/happy-holidays-titans-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays, Titans!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Well, I could not let 2020 end without checking in with you. These last few months, (Duh! The year!) have been astonishingly arduous. What with Elections, Covid 19, Thanksgivings, and now, vaccine disorganization, we have been catapulted into dismay and discord. Never fear, you sturdy Titan warriors, your respite is coming.\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I ask that you take a deep breath and exhale slowly, three times. Close your eyes and envision 2021 with hopeful anticipation. See the return to socialization, with family, friends, and co-workers. Look forward to a return of civility, in this our troubled land. Find peace, the peace of Advent as we wait for a jubilant Christmas celebration. I feel your weariness, but I trust in Our Creator and the universe&#8217;s response to our needs.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Please, have a joyous Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa\u00a0or any celebration of love you choose. God willing, I will see you in the Happy New Year of 2021. Take care and stay safe!<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Much Love,<\/b><\/div>\n<div><strong>Debbie Burt-Frazier<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Editor<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>AABD, Class Newsletter Chair<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Well, I could not let 2020 end without checking in with you. These last few months, (Duh! The year!) have been astonishingly arduous. What with Elections, Covid 19, Thanksgivings, and now, vaccine disorganization, we have been catapulted into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/2020\/12\/09\/happy-holidays-titans-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}