{"id":12956,"date":"2021-12-14T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T21:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/?p=12956"},"modified":"2021-12-14T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T21:01:21","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Each December, we find ourselves reflecting upon the year gone by.&nbsp; We think of our successes as well as our challenges and vow to make those New Year\u2019s resolutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week at Children\u2019s Friend, we had our final management meeting of 2021 where we took a moment to reflect on our Vision 2025 journey, a journey that will allow us to have a bigger impact on kids and families and that will allow us to do more of our most meaningful work.\u00a0 We asked the question, \u201cWhat brought you to Children\u2019s Friend?\u201d\u00a0 This exercise was a much-needed break from our typical agenda-driven management meetings and it was inspiring to hear the dedication and passion we all bring to this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this busy holiday season, and into the ever and rapidly changing new year, I encourage you to take a pause for reflection.\u00a0 Pausing gives us a chance to think about what really matters both personally and professionally, and to learn and grow from our experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/webron-793x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8116\" width=\"198\" height=\"256\"\/><figcaption>Ronald Contreras, Chief of Finance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each December, we find ourselves reflecting upon the year gone by.&nbsp; We think of our successes as well as our challenges and vow to make those New Year\u2019s resolutions.&nbsp; Last week at Children\u2019s Friend, we had our final management meeting of 2021 where we took a moment to reflect on our Vision 2025 journey, a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_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":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reflection - Children&#039;s Friend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reflection - Children&#039;s Friend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each December, we find ourselves reflecting upon the year gone by.&nbsp; We think of our successes as well as our challenges and vow to make those New Year\u2019s resolutions.&nbsp; Last week at Children\u2019s Friend, we had our final management meeting of 2021 where we took a moment to reflect on our Vision 2025 journey, a...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Children&#039;s Friend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-14T21:01:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iStock-1283685106.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1254\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"836\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kaycie Green\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kaycie Green\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kaycie Green\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/88513000b13a56a2c6852cd82cf7a13d\"},\"headline\":\"Reflection\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-14T21:01:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/iStock-1283685106.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Our Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reflection - Children&#039;s Friend\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/iStock-1283685106.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-14T21:01:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/iStock-1283685106.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/iStock-1283685106.jpg\",\"width\":1254,\"height\":836},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/14\\\/reflection\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reflection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Children&#039;s Friend\",\"description\":\"Nurturing Children, Empowering Families\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Children&#039;s Friend\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Childrens-Friend-Logo_tagline-1-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Childrens-Friend-Logo_tagline-1-1.png\",\"width\":1173,\"height\":254,\"caption\":\"Children&#039;s Friend\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/88513000b13a56a2c6852cd82cf7a13d\",\"name\":\"Kaycie Green\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/childrensfriendri.org\\\/author\\\/kgreencfsri-org\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reflection - Children&#039;s Friend","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reflection - Children&#039;s Friend","og_description":"Each December, we find ourselves reflecting upon the year gone by.&nbsp; We think of our successes as well as our challenges and vow to make those New Year\u2019s resolutions.&nbsp; Last week at Children\u2019s Friend, we had our final management meeting of 2021 where we took a moment to reflect on our Vision 2025 journey, a...","og_url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/","og_site_name":"Children&#039;s Friend","article_published_time":"2021-12-14T21:01:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1254,"height":836,"url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iStock-1283685106.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kaycie Green","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kaycie Green","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/"},"author":{"name":"Kaycie Green","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#\/schema\/person\/88513000b13a56a2c6852cd82cf7a13d"},"headline":"Reflection","datePublished":"2021-12-14T21:01:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/"},"wordCount":175,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iStock-1283685106.jpg","articleSection":["Our Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/","url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/","name":"Reflection - Children&#039;s Friend","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iStock-1283685106.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-14T21:01:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iStock-1283685106.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iStock-1283685106.jpg","width":1254,"height":836},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/12\/14\/reflection\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reflection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/","name":"Children&#039;s Friend","description":"Nurturing Children, Empowering Families","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#organization","name":"Children&#039;s Friend","url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Childrens-Friend-Logo_tagline-1-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Childrens-Friend-Logo_tagline-1-1.png","width":1173,"height":254,"caption":"Children&#039;s Friend"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/#\/schema\/person\/88513000b13a56a2c6852cd82cf7a13d","name":"Kaycie Green","url":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/author\/kgreencfsri-org\/"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Our Blog"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iStock-1283685106-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Kaycie Green","author_link":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/author\/kgreencfsri-org\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Our Blog","slug":"blog","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":119,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":119,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Our Blog","category_nicename":"blog","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12956"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=12956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}