{"id":18122,"date":"2020-04-10T21:58:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T03:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=18122"},"modified":"2020-05-30T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T16:52:23","slug":"things-will-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/things-will-get-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Things will improve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7880.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18123\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7880.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=18123\" class=\"wp-image-18123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7880.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7880-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7883.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18124\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7883.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=18124\" class=\"wp-image-18124\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7883.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7883-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img 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434px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7898.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18128\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7898.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=18128\" class=\"wp-image-18128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7898.jpg 434w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7898-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7900.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18129\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7900.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=18129\" class=\"wp-image-18129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7900.jpg 434w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7900-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7903.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18130\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7903.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=18130\" class=\"wp-image-18130\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7903.jpg 428w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7903-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">These are amateur photos of Paige&#8217;s paintings of <em>The Secret Garden<\/em>, but they give you an idea what they look like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, this pandemic. I find my opinions and moods shift like the tides. I keep a copy of Paige&#8217;s paintings on the front of our kitchen cupboards to remind me that things will get better. When I am dealing with complex emotions, I ask myself where I am in <em>The Secret Garden<\/em> spectrum, and just being able to place myself in the story helps me see there is a resolution coming. Some days, I am painting number one, contrary and pessimistic. I like the painting with Collin in bed, with Mary illuminating the room with her candle. I want to be like Mary, sharing light, even though I am a little fragile, too. Richard likes the doorway opening into the garden, reminding us to keep a sense of wonder and hope. Clearing flower beds with the family was our best activity all week, and in a month or so, there WILL be pink flowers on the tree outside my living room window. Where are you in the spectrum today? Where is your robin leading you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, this pandemic. I find my opinions and moods shift like the tides. I keep a copy of Paige&#8217;s paintings on the front of our kitchen cupboards to remind me that things will get better. When I am dealing with complex emotions, I ask myself where I am in The Secret Garden spectrum, and just &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/things-will-get-better\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Things will improve<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventurous-kids","category-art","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18275,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18122\/revisions\/18275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}