Hey<\/p>\n
Tonight I had a blast from the past. Less than an hour ago..<\/p>\n
I was at In-N-Out eating dinner with my family when Santa and his helpers came in to get some food. Santa was missing his top and just wearing a red scarf but still had on those santa pants, all the while surrounded by female helpers dressed as Christmas as you can imagine. We took note at how they were all dressed up and continued eating dinner.<\/p>\n
Santa comes over to get some Ketchup and turns around “Jason?”<\/p>\n
I look up to see that I know this guy. He was one of my favorite teachers in high school. Mr. Jones, who taught History to me and my brother both. “I had to be able to sleep at night, I had to know if it was you”<\/p>\n
He continued to talk and I smiled and gave a nod when he looked at me, but I didn’t really catch much of what he said because, I was astonished. He turned and asked me where I work and what I do, but I honestly forgot in that moment of time. I had to ask my parents where I worked. He told me about how he had to retire from teaching in 2004 after a back surgery. He looked great, just as I remembered him.<\/p>\n
Then he left us to eat dinner.<\/p>\n
On my way out, I got a refill and walked over to him to tell him goodbye. I walked over and shook his hand- to which he had a firm grip. “It was great seeing you”<\/p>\n
“It was even better seeing you, I was meant to be here and to see you there” He then starts to tell me how he almost didn’t come, but he did- and then out of all of the kids that he taught he recognized me. (I graduated with a class size of about 1000 and he was one of the most liked teachers on campus.)<\/p>\n
Now rewind to Sunday. My pastor was talking about being the type of person that people look from afar and say “oh look at that guy, he’s nobody – just another person” (the point wasn’t to be fake for others, but to be true to yourself) and then to show people there is more than meets the eye. I looked past this man who once taught my class. He is the type of guy my pastor was referring to. He may not seem like much dressed up as a Santa, with no beard and glue still sticking to his eye brows from the costume, but he really is a great man.<\/p>\n
So I think Mr. Jones was right, again. It was meant for us to meet up.<\/p>\n
What a blast from the past.<\/p>\n
Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n
just Pray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey Tonight I had a blast from the past. Less than an hour ago.. I was at In-N-Out eating dinner with my family when Santa and his helpers came in to get some food. Santa was missing his top and just wearing a red scarf but still had on those santa pants, all the while…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7068,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2014\/10\/31\/2014-october\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":0},"title":"2014 – October","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"October 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey This year is quickly speeding by! Time is a funny thing. Speaking of funny, the other day we were eating some ice cream and Arabella started licking the outside of the bowl. She really wanted some. The photo is pretty hilarious. We have been taking her to the park\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct18-ni.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct18-ni.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct18-ni.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct18-ni.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct18-ni.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":127,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2004\/04\/05\/127\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":1},"title":"Hey people2nd mid-morning postLife's good.\u2026","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"April 5, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey people2nd mid-morning postLife's good. Its been really busy, pretty much every day I'm busy. This is what I've been asking for - for so long, and I finally have it. As soon as I'm caught up in my class work for math (almost done with it) I'll chat online\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6197,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2021\/10\/31\/2021-october-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":2},"title":"2021 – October part 2","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"October 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pirates are among us! We found this lovely community that hosts this thing called \"The Pirates of Pinehurst\" and they have a show and everything. They go all out and it's 100% geared towards families and kids which makes it even better. They try and keep with the Pirates\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct20-gamenight.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct20-gamenight.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct20-gamenight.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct20-gamenight.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oct20-gamenight.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3133,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2017\/10\/31\/2017-october\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":3},"title":"2017 – October","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"October 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Life keeps comin' atcha. Seems like things keep going quicker and quicker! We started off at the beginning of October by selling our house. What a momentous event. It was going to work out, we had prayed about things and felt like this was the end of our time in\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/leaves.jpg?fit=913%2C685&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/leaves.jpg?fit=913%2C685&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/leaves.jpg?fit=913%2C685&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/leaves.jpg?fit=913%2C685&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2005\/08\/22\/404\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":4},"title":"heySo I semi updated my\u2026","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"August 22, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"heySo I semi updated my site at www.jshox.com and also my xanga.Semi - not really, just changed a few images.. it is my attempt to function. I have been pretty.. out of it the last two days.A new day, a new way of looking at things? When my parents left\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11544,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2025\/09\/27\/back-in-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":5},"title":"Back in Time","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"September 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey there We took a trip back in time. To a place where you can rent movies! The last Blockbuster - in Bend, Oregon. We have been here before - but we try to stop every time we can. This was also Ezra's first trip here. With this, he has\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept27-bttf2.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept27-bttf2.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept27-bttf2.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept27-bttf2.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept27-bttf2.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}