{"id":1885,"date":"2017-12-25T04:11:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T04:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2021-07-03T05:06:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:06:19","slug":"chrismas-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/25\/chrismas-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1891\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Angel.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Holidays | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Angel.jpg 259w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Angel-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>It&#8217;s been a big year here at my house. Lots of truly wonderful things happened &#8211; my first novel was published; I made a bunch of new friends; and I got to travel to some pretty cool places. And lots of not-so- wonderful things happened, too &#8211; my husband got terribly sick in March and we spent a whole\u00a0 lot of time worrying and doctoring and trying to do life and work and art in the midst of chaos and doubt. People smarter than I say that the universe likes balance &#8211; and 2017 may have convinced me of this truth.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I know is that everything always look a little better when you take the time to count your blessings. And even in a hard year &#8211; when taking a moment to be grateful can sometimes seem like another thing on the to-do list &#8211; there are many things to be grateful for. And one of the things on my blessings list is you. So, I want to give you all a big Christmas Thank You. Thank you for being here for me this year &#8211; for showing up at book events, for talking with me over coffee and on Facebook and on Twitter, for cheering for all the good that&#8217;s happened and for supporting me through the bad. You are the best. &lt;3<\/p>\n<p>Sending you all much love and wishing you happiness in health in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1886\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-Transparent-33637688_l-150x150.png\" alt=\"Patricia Bailey | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-Transparent-33637688_l-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-Transparent-33637688_l-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-Transparent-33637688_l-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-Transparent-33637688_l.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-315\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TrishSignatureblue.png\" alt=\"TrishSignatureblue\" width=\"75\" height=\"49\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a big year here at my house. Lots of truly wonderful things happened &#8211; my first novel was published; I made a bunch of new friends; and I got to travel to some pretty cool places. And lots of not-so- wonderful things happened, too &#8211; my husband got terribly sick in March and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[152,55,51],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing-journey","tag-gratitude","tag-writing-journey","tag-writing-quotes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Christmas Thank You - Patricia Bailey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s time to send a big Christmas Thank You for all of you who cheered and supported me this year. 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