{"id":2194,"date":"2010-03-23T07:32:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T07:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2010\/03\/hosanna-in-the-highest-on-cele.html"},"modified":"2010-03-23T07:32:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T07:32:59","slug":"hosanna-in-the-highest-on-cele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2010\/03\/hosanna-in-the-highest-on-cele.html","title":{"rendered":"Hosanna in the highest: On celebrating the small things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"r-ANGEL-mediumvariable.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/import\/imgs\/r-ANGEL-mediumvariable.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>Yesterday a very talented woman paid &nbsp;a visit to me. As regular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\">Beyond Blue<\/a> readers know, I&#8217;ve been in a big funk the last week\/month\/year\/lifetime, so I didn&#8217;t really think much about her visit until she was here.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She asked me some questions. I answered them. Then I asked her some questions. She answered them. I told her some stories. She told me some. And as I closed the door, I thought to myself, &#8220;God sent her to me today to cheer me up. She is an angel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We laughed about the nastigrams both of us get in our email boxes, and about what it&#8217;s like to be a mom who despises crafts.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to introduce you to her blog, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenmen.com\">Jenmen.com<\/a> because it&#8217;s powerful writing. From a gifted and compassionate mother who is trying to find her place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite blog post is called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenmen.com\/2009\/01\/hosanna-in-highest.html\">&#8220;Hosanna in the highest.&#8221;<\/a> It&#8217;s about celebrating the small miracles &#8230; like a favorite cereal going back to market, or a kind journalist who is sent to lift your spirits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday a very talented woman paid &nbsp;a visit to me. As regular Beyond Blue readers know, I&#8217;ve been in a big funk the last week\/month\/year\/lifetime, so I didn&#8217;t really think much about her visit until she was here. &nbsp; She asked me some questions. I answered them. Then I asked her some questions. 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