{"id":1311,"date":"2014-05-27T21:12:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T04:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2014-05-27T21:12:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T04:12:21","slug":"so-we-can-have-an-ordinary-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/so-we-can-have-an-ordinary-life\/","title":{"rendered":". . . . so we can have an ordinary life."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Memorial Day, <a title=\"Sharon Hamilton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharonhamiltonauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Hamilton<\/a> sent the following to be included in our tribute to military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon shares these photos and thoughts:\u00a0 We owe a lot to the men and women who have fought on our behalf, so we can have an ordinary life. Memorial is just one day we remember and vow to always remember all of our military personnel.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/General-Daniel-Cameron1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1314 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/General-Daniel-Cameron1.jpg\" alt=\"General Daniel Cameron\" width=\"138\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>Photo of Sharon Hamilton&#8217;s Great-Great-Grandfather&#8217;s brother, who served in the Civil War, like her Great-Great-Grandfather. General Daniel Cameron gained his citizenship by fighting for the North.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Navy Seal Uniform<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SEAL-Uniform.185.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1312 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SEAL-Uniform.185.jpg\" alt=\"SEAL Uniform.185\" width=\"185\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cover of Sharon Hamilton&#8217;s latest book, <a title=\"SEAL My Destiny\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_15?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=seal%20my%20destiny%20sharon%20hamilton&amp;sprefix=seal+my+destiny%2Caps%2C231\" target=\"_blank\">SEAL My Destiny<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Seal-My-Destiny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1315 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Seal-My-Destiny-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Seal My Destiny\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Sharon Hamilton writes Navy SEAL romance, about military heroes who thrill strong women, who are lucky to love them back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Sharon began her serious writing with freewriting exercises, using prompts to inspire her writing. You, too, can jumpstart your writing. Choose prompts from <a title=\"The Write Spot Blog Prompts\" href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?cat=4\" target=\"_blank\">The Write Spot Blog\u00a0<\/a> or from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewritespot.us\/writingprompt.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Write Spot Writing Prompts<\/a> and just write.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Memorial Day, Sharon Hamilton sent the following to be included in our tribute to military personnel. Sharon shares these photos and thoughts:\u00a0 We owe a lot to the men and women who have fought on our behalf, so we can have an ordinary life. 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