{"id":1252,"date":"2018-09-21T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T10:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2018-09-21T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T11:01:01","slug":"all-about-the-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/all-about-the-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"All about the connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we said goodbye to our Swiss friend who has spent the last week or so with us. We dropped her off at the airport where she met up with her boyfriend and parents. Together they&#8217;ll spent the next week travelling up the coast of South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The friend&#8217;s boyfriend brought fresh chocolate from Switzerland for us. And my goodness it is beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than just the chocolate, having this friend here reinforced the connection we have. We were close before, but now she has seen my friends and family, and will be part of my life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when she&#8217;s in South Africa, she will always have a home with us. And when we&#8217;re in Switzerland, we&#8217;ll always have a place with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So in there are the adventures and presents, but beyond that we are left with the most incredible connection \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image is of the chocolates we were given \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Blog<\/strong>: 314\/365. <a href=\"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/grind-time-prime-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to read about my #365of25 journey<\/a><br\/><strong>Song of the day:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=spIyzp8XDn4\">Come with me - Nora en pure<\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"jetpack_subscription_widget\"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Subscribe to Blog via Email<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__container\">\n\t\t\t<form action=\"#\" method=\"post\" accept-charset=\"utf-8\" id=\"subscribe-blog-1\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-blog=\"131483896\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_access_level=\"everybody\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"subscribe-text\"><p>Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"subscribe-email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"jetpack-subscribe-label\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor=\"subscribe-field-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail Address\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" autocomplete=\"email\" required=\"required\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalue=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"subscribe-field-1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Email Address\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"subscribe-submit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"subscribe\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"source\" value=\"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"sub-type\" value=\"widget\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_fragment\" value=\"subscribe-blog-1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_wpnonce\" name=\"_wpnonce\" value=\"a8ff403331\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-button__link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin: 0; margin-left: 0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname=\"jetpack_subscriptions_widget\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we said goodbye to our Swiss friend who has spent the last week or so with us. 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