{"id":6698,"date":"2026-01-01T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:02:25","slug":"year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6698","title":{"rendered":"Year 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was supposed to be a year of recovery. But then it wasn&#8217;t. But then it was. But then it wasn&#8217;t. But then it was. The cycle keeps going and going, but it returned where it began.<\/p>\n<p>Community, I kept saying. Surprise, I thought, that I could return to the life that I wanted. Belonging, hope, future.<\/p>\n<p>There were the years <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1624#more-1624\">2005<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1966\">2006<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2207\">2007<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2429\">2008<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2777\">2009<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3331\">2010<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3828\">2011<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4147\">2012<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4555\">2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4969\">2014<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5298\">2015<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5604\">2016<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5786\">2017<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5887\">2018<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5978\">2019<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6083\">2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?m=202201\">2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6361\">2022<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6533\">2023<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6654\">2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i>January<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/january.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Cleaning out the insurrectionists<\/p>\n<p><i>February<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/february.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Am I okay? You&#8217;re okay. Am I really okay? You&#8217;re totally okay.<\/p>\n<p><i>March<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/march.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think that I would make it, but then I did<\/p>\n<p><i>April<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/april.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>I had to give back, and others did too<\/p>\n<p><i>May<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/may.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a walk up this hill<\/p>\n<p><i>June<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/june.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>F ICE, no kings<\/p>\n<p><i>July<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/july.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>She never wanted me around, but I will always pay my respects<\/p>\n<p><i>August<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/august.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>He woke up and wanted to watch South Park<\/p>\n<p><i>September<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/september.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Time just for me to find myself, but what I found was community<\/p>\n<p><i>October<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/october.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Is there a&#8230;SUCCESS<\/p>\n<p><i>November<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/november.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Best book of the year<\/p>\n<p><i>December<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2025reflectionpost\/december.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>He actually is an artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was supposed to be a year of recovery. But then it wasn&#8217;t. But then it was. But then it wasn&#8217;t. But then it was. The cycle keeps going and going, but it returned where it began. 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