{"id":484,"date":"2009-12-24T15:09:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T19:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=484"},"modified":"2009-12-24T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T19:09:54","slug":"an-unexpected-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2009\/12\/24\/an-unexpected-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unexpected Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/11\/AnnMcDermott.BLOG21.jpg\" alt=\"AnnMcDermott.BLOG2\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/>I had a million things to do this weekend. But like most of you living in the Northeast, I woke up to a winter wonderland. Snow was falling, the wind was blowing, and roads had yet to be treated. So the \u201cto do\u201d list was put on hold. Instead, I played. As a family we finished decorating the Christmas tree, giggling at homemade ornaments from pre-school days. My dog and I made snow angels and wrestled in the snow. I happily prepared a very complicated family favorite for dinner without the slightest concern for the time. I could not have asked for a better day.<\/p>\n<p>The list of things to be done remains, but this break in the frenzy of holiday preparations was an important reminder to relax, slow down, and just enjoy the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you the peace and joy of this holiday season!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ann McDermott<br \/>\nDirector of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a million things to do this weekend. But like most of you living in the Northeast, I woke up to a winter wonderland. Snow was falling, the wind was blowing, and roads had yet to be treated. So the \u201cto do\u201d list was put on hold. Instead, I played. As a family we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2009\/12\/24\/an-unexpected-gift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;An Unexpected Gift&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions-staff","category-ann-mcdermott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}