{"id":3312,"date":"2021-07-06T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2021-09-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T16:00:00","slug":"its-been-a-tough-year-i-can-tell-from-the-commission-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/06\/its-been-a-tough-year-i-can-tell-from-the-commission-work\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s been a tough year. I can tell from the commission work."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Yes, it’s been tough. Theodore Roosevelt’s famous quotation, “The Man in the Arena” is really resonating these days. I recall only one commission to letter this quote in the past 30+ years. And yet I’ve gotten three requests for it in the past six months! This latest one was gender-adapted for a client who wished to give it to a woman. And that’s appropriate: in many ways, women, especially those with school-age children, have born the brunt of the past 15 months, in the arenas of employment, child care, and housework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, it’s been tough. Theodore Roosevelt’s famous quotation, “The Man in the Arena” is really resonating these days. I recall only one commission to letter this quote in the past 30+ years. And yet I’ve gotten three requests for it in the past six months! This latest one was gender-adapted for a client who wished … <\/p>\n

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