{"id":3293,"date":"2014-12-31T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2014\/12\/peace-out-2014.html"},"modified":"2025-04-05T15:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:52:23","slug":"peace-out-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2014\/12\/peace-out-2014.html","title":{"rendered":"Peace out, 2014."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Old photos, not from 2014.] <a title=\"Candles, In Memoriam by Duff, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/girlreaction\/1350087577\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1101\/1350087577_22149d8ec5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Candles, In Memoriam\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once, when posting pictures from a trip to Europe, I sheepishly mentioned that despite avoiding religion as much as possible, I do still light candles in memoriam. And my friend Ashley said &#8220;hey, sometimes it&#8217;s just about bringing a little light into the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I have shared part of this quote before. It&#8217;s from the Christmas bulletin at my parents&#8217; church.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>If you choose, you can be instruments of hope in the world.<br \/>\nIf you choose, you can counter the voices of anxiety and despair in the world.<br \/>\nIf you choose, you can fight against the fear that freezes the heart of many.<br \/>\n<i>The choice is ours to make, how we live into the possibilities.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hey 2015, be the possibility. <b>Bring a little light.<\/b><a title=\"The Gate at Chion-In 4 by Duff, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/girlreaction\/2437092165\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2309\/2437092165_7b91821e00_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Gate at Chion-In 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Stairs by Duff, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/girlreaction\/2441005706\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3112\/2441005706_25171a4930_z.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Lit Up Bamboo, Inside by Duff, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/girlreaction\/2440175813\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2013\/2440175813_5b1e73c7c1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Lit Up Bamboo, Inside\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Pile of Christmas Family by Duff, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/girlreaction\/16134058842\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7578\/16134058842_5bf97725fa_z.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of Christmas Family\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Old photos, not from 2014.] Once, when posting pictures from a trip to Europe, I sheepishly mentioned that despite avoiding religion as much as possible, I do still light candles in memoriam. And my friend Ashley said &#8220;hey, sometimes it&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2014\/12\/peace-out-2014.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peace-out"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3716,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions\/3716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}