{"id":979,"date":"2020-05-27T05:54:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T09:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/?p=979"},"modified":"2020-05-27T00:36:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T04:36:55","slug":"felt-like-family-before-covid-19-5-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2020\/05\/27\/felt-like-family-before-covid-19-5-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Felt like family before covid-19. 5.27.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?fit=800%2C796\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1019&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C765&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1529&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C2039&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2CECB4CC-A3D8-4078-8DB5-E6B1B81FFF02-scaled.jpeg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Illustration by SuperSmashBroz (I do not own the rights to the pic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Sunday evening we went to my in-laws for a family cookout. For a night we created memories with no red tape or blue lines saying one way only, no social distancing, and the masks came off. We were free!\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p>By clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/daily-devotional\/\">here<\/a> you will routed to the full version of today\u2019s motivational message. Don\u2019t forget to subscribe to my page, hit the like button, and\/or leave a comment below. What memory do you have to share?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday evening we went to my in-laws for a family cookout. For a night we created memories with no red tape or blue lines saying one way only, no social distancing, and the masks came off. We were free!\u00a0 By&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2020\/05\/27\/felt-like-family-before-covid-19-5-27-2020\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Felt like family before covid-19. 5.27.2020<\/span><span class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Been to a family cookout lately? 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