{"id":5332,"date":"2018-04-03T23:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T23:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2022-08-11T12:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:14:14","slug":"it-is-what-you-make-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/it-is-what-you-make-it\/","title":{"rendered":"It is what you make it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is what you make it…<\/h2>\n

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Today is Michael\u2019s 45th<\/sup> birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n

We do not have reservations for dinner and we will not be celebrating with cake.\u00a0 There are no gifts to wrap, no home for us to visit\u2026no number for us to call.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been this way for 15 years.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe the hardest part of it all is just\u2026not knowing.\u00a0\u00a0 How do you resolve your emotions?\u00a0 How do you stop worrying?\u00a0 How do you process your grief when you have no answers?<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish I could tell you.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What helps us most is knowing that the things we do in Michael\u2019s honor have truly served to make an impact on the lives of others.\u00a0 Sharing his journey, ending the stigma.\u00a0 Raising funds and starting groups that help people find their own tools and resources to stay mentally healthy.\u00a0\u00a0 Partnering with those on the front lines helping to ensure people are treated with dignity and compassion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Making sure the crowd \u201cgets it\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael wanted to fix this\u2026not just for himself but, for everyone. \u00a0His love and kindness for others unparalleled.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is how we celebrate him.\u00a0 In the spirit of everything he is, or was.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is what you make it…Today is Michael\u2019s 45th birthday. We do not have reservations for dinner and we will not be celebrating with cake.\u00a0 There are no gifts to wrap, no home for us to visit\u2026no number for us to call. It\u2019s been this way for 15 years. Maybe the hardest part of it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

Today is Michael\u2019s 45th<\/sup> birthday.<\/span><\/p>

We do not have reservations for dinner and we will not be celebrating with cake.\u00a0 There are no gifts to wrap, no home for us to visit\u2026no number for us to call.<\/span><\/p>

It\u2019s been this way for 15 years.<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Maybe the hardest part of it all is just\u2026not knowing.\u00a0\u00a0 How do you resolve your emotions?\u00a0 How do you stop worrying?\u00a0 How do you process your grief when you have no answers?<\/span><\/p>

I wish I could tell you.<\/em><\/span><\/p>

What helps us most is knowing that the things we do in Michael\u2019s honor have truly served to make an impact on the lives of others.\u00a0 Sharing his journey, ending the stigma.\u00a0 Raising funds and starting groups that help people find their own tools and resources to stay mentally healthy.\u00a0\u00a0 Partnering with those on the front lines helping to ensure people are treated with dignity and compassion.<\/span><\/p>

Making sure the crowd \u201cgets it\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>

Michael wanted to fix this\u2026not just for himself but, for everyone. \u00a0His love and kindness for others unparalleled.<\/span><\/p>

This is how we celebrate him.\u00a0 In the spirit of everything he is\/was.<\/span><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[147,159],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5332"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9503,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions\/9503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}