{"id":18402,"date":"2016-12-01T00:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T00:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=18402"},"modified":"2016-12-01T00:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T00:31:11","slug":"lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/lemonade\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemonade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, \u201cWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, if that\u2019s true then I\u2019ve made a lot of lemonade over the past couple of months. But rather than dwell on those \u201clemons\u201d, I\u2019d like to be even more clich\u00e9 and reflect on the things I am thankful for as November draws to a close. I\u2019ll admit my first reaction was not to be thankful for any of the occurrences, but in reflecting on what has happened over the past month I find that I have a lot to be grateful for.<\/p>\n<p>First is the incredible community of supportive people I have met since moving here to Detroit. It\u2019s easy to feel lost and lonely when transitioning to a new city, especially when life seems to keep throwing you curveballs, but the experiences of the past month have shown me that I\u2019m definitely not alone. So, in no particular order, shout-outs are due to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrea, for chauffeuring me around for two weeks and generally being a rock star<\/li>\n<li>Laura, for giving me an escape for the weekend<\/li>\n<li>Gabby, for that pick-me-up lunch even if I wasn\u2019t great company<\/li>\n<li>Mikayla, for last-minute packing help<\/li>\n<li>Cassi and Miranda, for last-minute moving help<\/li>\n<li>Erin, for loving this quirky house as much as I do and becoming my roomie<\/li>\n<li>Dave, for getting me mobile again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Second is that Mosher Dolan is a great place to work. I have worked for other companies in the past where I didn\u2019t feel valued or appreciated, but that it definitely not the case here. The partners have gone above and beyond to help me out with a personal issue, unrelated to my work, which I truly appreciate. But beyond that, they place a lot of interest in the Challenge Detroit program and helping to develop our skills throughout the year. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how the rest of the year unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>And last (at least for this post) I appreciate that my family has got my back. Even if it meant helping me move for the third time in less than a year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, \u201cWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade.\u201d Well, if that\u2019s true then I\u2019ve made a lot of lemonade over the past couple of months. But rather than dwell on those \u201clemons\u201d, I\u2019d like to be even more clich\u00e9 and reflect on the things I am thankful for as November draws to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}