{"id":2250,"date":"2013-02-02T21:14:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T01:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2013-02-02T21:14:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T01:14:05","slug":"weeks-sky-salt-marsh-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2250","title":{"rendered":"This Week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sky over the Salt Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2248\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2248\" alt=\"IMG_4692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4692-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4692-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4692-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s sunrise preceded<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2249\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2249\" alt=\"IMG_4712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4712-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4712-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4712-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a midweek afternoon fog, which cleared and left behind<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2255\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2255\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2255\" alt=\"IMG_4705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_47051-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_47051-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_47051-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a lingering sunset.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Friday morning, amid the packing of bags and the herding of small people, I caught a trace of pink reflecting off the glass, and I opened my doors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2253\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2253\" alt=\"IMG_4721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4721-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4721-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4721-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>to find this.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, watching the sunset, I started thinking about all the times, over all the years of marshside and oceanside living, that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been too busy, too absorbed in the daily tasks of life to open the doors.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I thought about all the times when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been too busy, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve opened the doors anyway.<\/p>\n<p>After some thought, I concluded this: The busyness of a full life is, in the end, mostly a blessing.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00c2\u00a0so is the act of opening the doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday&#8217;s sunrise preceded a midweek afternoon fog, which cleared and left behind a lingering sunset. 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