{"id":386,"date":"2009-09-13T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T08:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2011-11-01T23:04:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T09:04:42","slug":"feeling-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/feeling-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Grateful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The past few days I&#8217;ve been feeling grateful for so many things. Although my actual gratitude list is very, very long, I wanted to share a few that have really been at the forefront of my mind.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Hawaii- I am so grateful for being able to live on this gorgeous and diverse island. My husband and I met here, our children were born here and it\u2019s the most amazing place to raise a family. Everything I love is right at my fingertips from surfing and scuba diving in the ocean to rock climbing and hiking in the mountains. When I step outside each morning and inhale the fresh, breezy air, I feel like adventure is just waiting to happen. And when it turns into just another average day, there is nowhere else I\u2019d rather be. For me, Hawaii is home.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Friends- One of the disadvantages to living on a small island in the middle of the Pacific is the distance from family. Because of this, I\u2019ve developed a very wonderful and tight group of friends. We support each other and help each other, trade babysitting and throw some mean pot-luck parties! We\u2019ve grown so close because we don\u2019t have anyone else to rely on here. When family is an ocean away, I am incredibly grateful for good friends.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;\">Photography- I\u2019m terribly grateful to pursue my passion of photography. I really love what I do and if you know me, you know that I could go on taking photos for hours. Photography is so many things to me. It&#8217;s a creative outlet, it&#8217;s artistic expression, it stimulates my mind and pushes me to stretch my limits and grow. I love a good challenge and when I&#8217;m behind the camera, the challenges are limitless&#8230;in a very good way.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-413\" title=\"Aug06, 2009 002-Edit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Aug06-2009-002-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Aug06, 2009 002-Edit\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Aug06-2009-002-Edit.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Aug06-2009-002-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-414\" title=\"Apr16, 2009 001-Edit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Apr16-2009-001-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Apr16, 2009 001-Edit\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Apr16-2009-001-Edit.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Apr16-2009-001-Edit-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/feeling-grateful\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 968711;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/', '']);\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>\n\t<div class=\"but_container\" style=\"text-decoration:none; border:none; text-align:left; clear: both;  \">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2Ffeeling-grateful%2F&description=Feeling+Grateful&media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F09%2FAug06-2009-002-Edit.jpg\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2Ffeeling-grateful%2F&amp;description=Feeling+Grateful&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F09%2FAug06-2009-002-Edit.jpg', '']);\" target=\"_blank\"  class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"horizontal\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tofurious-pinterest\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a>\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past few days I&#8217;ve been feeling grateful for so many things. Although my actual gratitude list is very, very long, I wanted to share a few that have really been at the forefront of my mind. Hawaii- I am so grateful for being able to live on this gorgeous and diverse island. 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