{"id":851,"date":"2018-12-11T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=851"},"modified":"2018-12-11T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:23:43","slug":"christmas-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/update\/christmas-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So that special time of year is approaching, and we are all busy running around &#8220;chasing our tails&#8221;, hoping its going to be a perfect day, or get that perfect gift for someone.<\/p>\n<p>But as I have now experienced my fair share of Christmases, Im beginning to realise, it not the materialistic things that are important, the stocking fillers, the latest gadget\/toy. It is the time we spend with our nearest and dearest.<\/p>\n<p>Now its a good time to reflect on the year just gone and who has been in your life to help you enjoy it and make you develop to be a better person. I have been working this year with a business coach Chris Barrow, who has helped me see what a wonderful team I work with and utilise their talents to make the people who visit our practice a great one.<\/p>\n<p>I also have to thank my husband Dipesh, who has helped me raise two wonderful children, and encouraged me to strive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So I want to thank you all for a wonderful 2018, and may our friendship, be it professional, or personal continue in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Im truly privileged and blessed to be where I am, to be surrounded by such lovely people everyday in my work and in my personal life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So thank you all and wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and may the new year be a happy and healthier one for you and your family and friends<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roma x<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Merry-Christmas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Merry-Christmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Merry-Christmas.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Merry-Christmas-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Merry-Christmas-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So that special time of year is approaching, and we are all busy running around &#8220;chasing our tails&#8221;, hoping its going to be a perfect day, or get that perfect gift for someone. But as I have now experienced my fair share of Christmases, Im beginning to realise, it not the materialistic things that are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/update\/christmas-time\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":853,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashforddental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}