{"id":3372,"date":"2014-12-20T01:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T01:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2014-12-20T01:42:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T01:42:07","slug":"it-begins-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2014\/12\/20\/it-begins-again\/","title":{"rendered":"It Begins Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/12\/P1040988-e1419038749120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3375\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/12\/P1040988-e1419038749120.jpg\" alt=\"P1040988\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Ethan&#8217;s class sent home an envelope filled with good bye cards. \u00a0As we read them aloud together the reality hit that it was beginning again &#8211; the season of goodbyes. \u00a0The season that always rips at our hearts, because it is filled with so many hard moments. \u00a0Those moments when Ethan reads the card from his 2nd grade best friend that says, &#8220;Without you here I will not have a best friend in Mr. Rood&#8217;s second grade class&#8221;. \u00a0Those moments when he tears up on the car ride home from his last day of school. \u00a0Those moments when he wonders how many of his friends will remember him in three years. \u00a0Those moments when Ethan and I cry together because &#8220;it&#8217;s just too hard&#8221;. \u00a0Those moments when there are too many lasts to even take note of them. \u00a0Our life is full of these moments and we never get immune to them. \u00a0We tear up, we grieve and then we press on. \u00a0Pressing on with the hope that the day will come when there will be no more of these moments. \u00a0Oh Glorious day!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3376\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/12\/P1040990-e1419038823213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3376\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/12\/P1040990-e1419038823213.jpg\" alt=\"So many good byes ahead\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So many good byes ahead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3374\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/12\/McMartin_082114_36-e1419038882357.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3374\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/12\/McMartin_082114_36-e1419038882357.jpg\" alt=\"Pray for us during this season\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pray for us during this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday Ethan&#8217;s class sent home an envelope filled with good bye cards. \u00a0As we read them aloud together the reality hit that it was beginning again &#8211; 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