{"id":1191,"date":"2020-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/article\/a-message-of-encouragement\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:40:41","slug":"a-message-of-encouragement","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/article\/a-message-of-encouragement\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message of Encouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"block--core-freeform\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nTo our Family House Family,<o_p><\/o_p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nWe want to reach out to first and foremost connect with you to let you know that we are thinking of you and holding all of you in our hearts.&nbsp; We hope you are safe and taking care of yourselves and your loved ones.&nbsp; These are unprecedented times we\u2019re living in and we want you to know that we are still here, honoring our mission every day, &nbsp;to keep families together while their child is fighting a life threatening illness. As we cope with shuttered businesses, financial uncertainty, &nbsp;school closures, shelter-in-place-orders, &nbsp;and this virus, it is completely understandable to feel overwhelmed, anxious, or sad among a wide range of emotions as we navigate this confusing moment in time. During this time, taking care of your mental health is as important as your physical health, now more than ever. Please remember; it is completely normal to feel anxious as the uncertainty of this moment is clear and ever present in the news, on our screens, and in our conversations. It\u2019s also normal to feel lonely; even if we\u2019re all in our homes with our families 24\/7! Now is the time to think out of the box, get creative and shelter-in-place guilt free.&nbsp; Everyone\u2019s days will look different.&nbsp; Please just remember to be kind to yourselves. &nbsp;There is no right way to get through this moment.&nbsp; <o_p><\/o_p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nPlease know that you\u2019re not alone. We\u2019re all attempting to find ways to connect It is so important now more than ever to reach out to family, friends, and your community for help and connection. Once we settle into a new normal and try to become less frustrated by our altered lives, we can make room for more positive things to come into focus such as deepening our relationships with our family, friends and even ourselves as we are forced&nbsp; to slow down and reflect and focus on what\u2019s most important.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<o_p><\/o_p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nFor now, be well, as always, take care of each other and know that your Family House family is holding you close and is here for you.<o_p><\/o_p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;,sans-serif;\">Elan Slavin, MSW<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;,sans-serif;\">Family House Social Worker<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1191","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-news","article-category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5012,"href":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1191\/revisions\/5012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}