{"id":597,"date":"2017-06-30T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/?p=597"},"modified":"2020-06-01T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:01:32","slug":"can-a-tradition-be-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Can a tradition be canceled?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Answer: yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Angela first came to the USA, the first place we ate when we got off the plane was Chili&#8217;s.  So every year, we have gone to Chili&#8217;s on the 30th of June.  Instead of plates, our meal was served on metal trays lined with a paper towel, which shredded into a nasty mess under out food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a hard time canceling tradition, but it had to be done.  But, we just picked a new restaurant to celebrate her arrival to the US, and life goes on \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20170630_205514-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"598\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20170630_205514-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/?attachment_id=598\" class=\"wp-image-598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20170630_205514-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20170630_205514-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dfwlp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20170630_205514-768x432.jpg 768w, 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