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(Above left: you see a team Detroit Billboard Above right: Co-workers and I at the year two Challenge Detroit Kick-off Celebration)<\/p>\n Family:<\/strong> My parents, my siblings and especially my grandmothers have played such a big role in building the person that I am today. I am so thankful for their constant prayers and influence in my life.<\/p>\n (Above left: My mother, aunts and grandmother. Above Right: My younger sister and father.)<\/p>\n Challenge Detroit Family:<\/strong> The program Directors as well as our challenge partners have been a joy to work with. My fellow fellows are all amazing and bring something special to our team. I am so thankful to be able to live, work, give, lead, and play with this group of people. #ChallengeDetroit<\/p>\n (Above Left: Fellows at our recent thanksgiving dinner Above Right: Fellows at our Halloween Celebration)<\/p>\n The past few months moving here and exploring have been some of the most enlightening of my life.\u00a0 I have learned so much about what makes the city special as well as myself. Enthusiasm is contagious and Detroit has definitely caught the fever. Being able to make a difference in this city while exploring my own talents and strengths is such an amazing opportunity. I could go on and on about what I am thankful for from the clothes on my back to shoes on my feet I am truly blessed. So this holiday season let this blog be a reminder to be grateful for all you have.<\/p>\n I am also thankful you reading this blog!<\/p>\n Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n -Tiara<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanksgiving is one of my favorite Holidays! For as long as I can remember this holiday has been filled with so much family, fun, food and love. This year I am thankful for so many things! I will highlight only a few here: Team Detroit: My job is amazing flat out! The environment is one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/333"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"billboard\"](\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/tiaraadams\/files\/2013\/11\/billboard.png\")
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