{"id":105,"date":"2015-11-19T21:27:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T05:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=105"},"modified":"2015-11-19T21:27:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T05:27:53","slug":"one-of-my-favorite-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"One of my favorite memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas_tree.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"106\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?attachment_id=106\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas_tree.jpg?fit=172%2C300\" data-orig-size=\"172,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"christmas_tree\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas_tree.jpg?fit=172%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas_tree.jpg?fit=172%2C300\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas_tree.jpg?resize=172%2C300\" alt=\"christmas_tree\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>I have a general rule about telling stories. The stories have to contain something wonderful, someone getting better, happier, being freed in some way, or something mystical. I am going to share a story of something mystical I experienced.\u00a0It is my Christ\u00a0Mass story for you.<\/p>\n<p>About fifteen years ago I knew a woman, a nurse, who worked in Elmer Cranton&#8217;s clinic in Yelm.\u00a0I came to know her when I was doing chelation therapy.\u00a0One day after eating lunch on the beach of the Nisqually River, she and her husband got back in the canoe and pushed off back into the river.\u00a0The canoe tipped.\u00a0She had not yet put on her life jacket. She was pulled under a snag in the river and drowned.<\/p>\n<p>Later\u00a0I attended a wake for her and then returned home.\u00a0I had a spinet piano in the bedroom where I slept.\u00a0As I lay in bed with the light on reading and thinking about her,\u00a0all the\u00a0 piano strings played.\u00a0It was a unique sound.\u00a0I could feel her presence in the room making her self known through the piano.<\/p>\n<p>I remember\u00a0having many emotions at that moment. One of the\u00a0strongest emotions was feeling gratitude for her.\u00a0I don&#8217;t know exactly what I said to her in that moment but I do know the piano made the same sound again. I am forever grateful.<\/p>\n<p>It is very interesting how many people have had similar experiences. It is certainly not a subject that appears in small talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a general rule about telling stories. The stories have to contain something wonderful, someone getting better, happier, being freed in some way, or something mystical. I am going to share a story of something mystical I experienced.\u00a0It is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=105\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3W5HT-1H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=91","url_meta":{"origin":105,"position":0},"title":"Her Mystical Experience","date":"November 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What an interesting week thus far.\u00a0I heard a wonderful story from a wonderful woman.\u00a0She was pregnant and working at the time at a large retail store. 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In the six months that have passed my mom's cognitive abilities have slipped and two friends are dealing with cancer.\u00a0 There are so many stresses people are dealing with in their lives.\u00a0 I feel blessed to be able\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joyce_rick_may_2012.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":505,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=505","url_meta":{"origin":105,"position":4},"title":"So Simple","date":"February 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"So many of us want to be better and better. I have for a long time desired to be an \"enlightened\" person. I'm not sure exactly what that means since knowing something has to come from experiencing it fully. 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