{"id":9468,"date":"2014-11-05T14:49:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/?p=9468"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:49:59","slug":"month-of-thanksgiving-5-the-guest-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2014\/11\/month-of-thanksgiving-5-the-guest-room.html","title":{"rendered":"month of Thanksgiving #5…the guest room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In my ongoing month’s effort to see the daily magic of my everyday life, I realised today that I overlook something pretty important: our guest room. It’s such<\/em> a gift, this space for our friends & family to come & stay over. Tonight my 3rd sister is coming in for a funeral, and she’ll stay here, pampered in her grief.<\/p>\n

And at the holidays, our son & DIL & grandson will come! As will a beloved niece & nephew (in-law, but also in heart), in the 2nd guest room. It’s the upside to after the kids move out: room! In our case, rooms!<\/p>\n

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Yes, I realise that a guest room (or a guest room and a hobby room full of beads & stamps & puzzles & stuff) points to several other gifts, unackowledged here: a comfortably large house, the time & furniture to furnish the rooms for company. I’m grateful for those, as well, and have noted my thanks for them other times.<\/p>\n

But today? I’m grateful for the ‘white room,’ also known as ‘formerly-younger-son’s room’… \ud83d\ude42 I’m grateful for a space where my sister can unpack, put her feet up, have privacy (well, except for the cats). And be here, w\/ us.<\/p>\n

See? Look around. There are so many reasons to be grateful this entire month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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