{"id":36104,"date":"2020-12-21T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/?p=36104"},"modified":"2020-12-21T21:02:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T02:02:49","slug":"poetry-in-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/poetry-in-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry in Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in March, 2020 was the year<br>Marielle and I traveled to celebrate her birthday cheer<br>But we found ourselves, ear to the news<br>Closing down the state?<br>Governor Baker was wrestling with what to choose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went down to the hotel bar<br>Mapped out a plan that we thought wouldn’t need go far<br>I sent a note to the coaches with a possible plan<br>What shall we do?<br>With a heavy heart, starting Tuesday, the door of the gym must slam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With heavy hearts, shutting it down was what we had to do<br>For how long no one really knew<br>One month? Two? It can’t be much more<br>Well, three and a half months<br>Of sadness, Zoom and an internal comp we were forced to explore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally on July 6 we could open up inside<br>With so many rules that we were asked to abide<br>We reshaped the gym and put down cones on the floor<br>These lanes seem small,<br>Turns out a swipe of the foot easily expands the box more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so negotiate through mass.gov and Baker’s pressers<br>I find myself seemingly cranky in class with all of its stressors<br>But your patience has been noticed and extended with grace<br>Notes and emails,<br>They’ve carried me through this challenging space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now only three more days until the arrival of jolly old St Nick<br>A few presents under the tree I wish that we could pick<br>Maybe a new barbell, high five or even a dumbbell weight!<br>Well, not sure the use of the latter <br>For dropped on high will be their soon to be broken fate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so a new direction my dreams must go<br>Perhaps Saint Nick will provide a nice, white snow<br>To be enjoyed with my wife, kids and our new dog<br>I think I see it falling!<br>Oh wait, nope, that’s just Vanessa’s chalk creating a fog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0 for 2 on the wishes up until this time and place<br>It seems 2020 continues to rear it’s ugly face<br>The COVID cheer continues to drip with such love<br>Sarcasm noted<br>COVID and love have not fit hand in glove<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as I continue to think I realize not a wish do I need<br>For I have a place and a family whose support continues to lead<br>Me through a time that certainly I hope will soon pass<br>And if not<br>You know that 2020 can be stuck right up it’s…..sunny skies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you all spend some time, whether with many or few<br>I hope that you can all receive what I have been given from you<br>A lot of smiles, encouragements and care<br>It’s been gold for me<br>And for you I hope that you will experience its pick me up flair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A happy holiday I wish to you all<br>May it bring love, joy and peace in amounts both big and small.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in March, 2020 was the yearMarielle and I traveled to celebrate her birthday cheerBut we found ourselves, ear to the newsClosing down the state?Governor Baker was wrestling with what to choose We went down to the hotel barMapped out a plan that we thought wouldn’t need go farI sent a note to the coaches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covid-pic.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36107,"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36104\/revisions\/36107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossfitneverdoubt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}