{"id":8972,"date":"2025-07-21T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:19:21","slug":"memories-of-the-loveliest-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/memories-of-the-loveliest-kind\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of the loveliest kind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It always feels odd to share a memory from so long ago But, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FormerCongresswomanLouiseSlaughter?__cft__[0]=AZXpMqZ-QtNkPF_ovgBeoJ8-mmBkbvKcvHvTryvUokLBQJOqt6uNrcIlUS4vtgDCnWPC5lyUmZpD7Rx2DY75MYMIQ-JB03bYoqSuCRZswN-6zarlnp4WtkRxuABdI1b8cMF-vHAzpSK5qAajFDbiF_iOYQ6QiQ9K51Hzt4n-_gwv76Sx518uZ05qlOzVr5-VCi20j8DmvVNJ64zynnQ-eOuH&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Louise Slaughter<\/a> in my studio for a small business meeting was an incredible experience. She was gracious and kind. She was a trooper and climbed the stairs and traversed the halls of the Hungerford to get to my studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Louise-in-CA4G.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Louise-in-CA4G.jpg 720w, https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Louise-in-CA4G-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Louise-in-CA4G-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At one point she pulled me asside for a private conversation. She asked me if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cr8art4good?__cft__[0]=AZXpMqZ-QtNkPF_ovgBeoJ8-mmBkbvKcvHvTryvUokLBQJOqt6uNrcIlUS4vtgDCnWPC5lyUmZpD7Rx2DY75MYMIQ-JB03bYoqSuCRZswN-6zarlnp4WtkRxuABdI1b8cMF-vHAzpSK5qAajFDbiF_iOYQ6QiQ9K51Hzt4n-_gwv76Sx518uZ05qlOzVr5-VCi20j8DmvVNJ64zynnQ-eOuH&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Create Art 4 Good<\/a> was my full time focus, I replied, &#8220;yes, but also, I work full time during the day&#8221;. She got that <a><\/a>gleam in her eye that she often did when she spoke with passion. She said (and I will NEVER forget this), &#8221; Susan, I am so proud of you, you are making a difference in this world. Don&#8217;t ever quit.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I write this, it is still hard to hold back the tears. I share this for one reason- words matter. Intention, matters. Speak kindly, share hope, you are making a difference in this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Louise-and-me.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Louise-and-me.jpg 317w, https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Louise-and-me-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It always feels odd to share a memory from so long ago But, having Louise Slaughter in my studio for a small business meeting was an incredible experience. She was gracious and kind. She was a trooper and climbed the stairs and traversed the halls of the Hungerford to get to my studio. At one&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/memories-of-the-loveliest-kind\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Memories of the loveliest kind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[413,410,411,412],"class_list":["post-8972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dont-quit","tag-hope","tag-louise-slaughter","tag-speak-kindly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8975,"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972\/revisions\/8975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greetings4good.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}