{"id":16125,"date":"2016-03-19T16:30:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T21:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=16125"},"modified":"2016-03-19T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T21:30:03","slug":"drinking-in-the-last-moments-of-spring-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/drinking-in-the-last-moments-of-spring-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking in the last moments of Spring Break"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis weekend wraps up Spring Break for our family in the ‘burbs of Houston. <\/p>\n

That’s me, drinking in the last of the soup in my bowl from lunch today. It was a delicious mix of seafood and spices, and I enjoyed every last drop. Thank you,La Fisheria in downtown Houston, for creating such goodness.<\/p>\n

I began this Spring Break at a stress high– feeling overwhelmed and overbooked. <\/p>\n

I had been seeking stress relief and yet missed the point entirely. I thought stress relief should wipe stress out entirely. Because of my belief, nothing worked, as my tasks always remained. <\/p>\n

I sought guidance. I listened. I read. I pleaded with God, even. And then I listened some more. I’m not at total calm yet. But I’m taking steps and making progress. And most of all, learning to s-l-o-w down. And soak things in a bit better. I’m learning about mindfulness. And taking a break. <\/p>\n

And relishing that last drop without thinking or worrying about what comes next. <\/p>\n

It has been awhile since I’ve checked in with you, so I thought I’d say hello. I have a feeling I’ll be sharing more of my mindfulness adventures soon. <\/p>\n

So I’m back to this:<\/p>\n

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\nAnd soaking in those last drops of Spring Break with my peeps. <\/p>\n

I hope you are soaking your weekend in, too. <\/p>\n

Thanks so much for reading and sharing your time with me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

   This weekend wraps up Spring Break for our family in the ‘burbs of Houston.  That’s me, drinking in the last of the soup in my bowl from lunch today. It was a delicious mix of seafood and spices, and I enjoyed every last drop. Thank you,La Fisheria in downtown Houston, for creating such goodness. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[438,437,365],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journal","category-home-and-family","category-inspiration-joy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16126,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16125\/revisions\/16126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}