{"id":54,"date":"2004-11-28T02:29:13","date_gmt":"2004-11-28T02:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theanchoressonline.com\/archives\/2004\/11\/28\/all-thats-missing-is-a-dance-in-the-pool\/"},"modified":"2015-03-13T20:49:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T20:49:13","slug":"all-thats-missing-is-a-dance-in-the-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2004\/11\/28\/all-thats-missing-is-a-dance-in-the-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"All that’s missing is a dance in the pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

It\u2019s been a long, long holiday weekend, and I hope it was good for everyone. We\u2019ve had moments of hilarity and moments of great sadness, and I\u2019ll write on that later this week\u2026all in all, what it comes down to is this: loving families are blessings, a free nation is a blessing\u2026blessings abound where you are open to find them. I can\u2019t write at this hour, but since the Thanksgiving weekend usually kicks \u201cIt\u2019s A Wonderful Life\u201d into high rotation, I thought I would pass along this excellent parody from Iowahawk, who has been on fire, lately. Sit back and enjoy his rendition of <\/span>Its a Dan-derful Life<\/span><\/a> with a Clarence and a Mary and a whole \u201ccommunity\u201d chipping in! :-)<\/span> Hattip to <\/span>The American Thinker<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a long, long holiday weekend, and I hope it was good for everyone. We\u2019ve had moments of hilarity and moments of great sadness, and I\u2019ll write on that later this week\u2026all in all, what it comes down to is this: loving families are blessings, a free nation is a blessing\u2026blessings abound where you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"\nAll that's missing is a dance in the pool<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It's been a long, long holiday weekend, and I hope it was good for everyone. 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