{"id":162,"date":"2008-05-09T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-10T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2008-05-09T20:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-10T00:06:00","slug":"happy-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SCUFw6kgCDI\/AAAAAAAAANQ\/dOH_7n6dBZE\/s1600-h\/mothersdaycrayonsign.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SCUFw6kgCDI\/AAAAAAAAANQ\/dOH_7n6dBZE\/s400\/mothersdaycrayonsign.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198567682783316018\" \/><\/a><br \/>ONE MORE SLEEP! Tomorrow at this time I will be in hanging out with no kiddies hanging on!  Ok I am counting on the fact that my kids do not really read my blog so I can honestly say&#8230; I can&#8217;t wait!<br \/>But again, I can honestly say I miss them already.  It is the curse of motherhood&#8230; I think.  I love them so much but  KNOW that by Tuesday night I will be ready to be back in the crazy of it all.<\/p>\n<p>Since I am missing Mother&#8217;s Day, tonight we went to  dinner and I got flowers, great cards and Grey&#8217;s Anatomy DVD series.  Sammy heard on the radio today that what most moms wanted most was a night to watch McDreamy and eat popcorn in peace.  Cute, eh?  I love Grey&#8217;s Anatomy and popcorn is my most favorite snacky  food.<\/p>\n<p>(What I heard was that moms wanted an afternoon nap&#8230; uninterrupted)!<\/p>\n<p>I got all the homemade gifts and they each had their way of making it really theirs.  So as I  ponder Mother&#8217;s Day and being a mom I thank you God, for the gift of my sons.  Even in those moments when I think of life all alone with only me to think of &#8230; I can&#8217;t help but realize this is me 100%.  I was made to be mom.  It is my biggest blessing and yes, it comes with the moments of cursing too.<\/p>\n<p>It is weird to think that I have been a mom for 12.5 years!  I remember being 12 myself and that doesn&#8217;t seem too long ago.  I want so badly to bless my children with a balance of a &#8220;cool mom&#8221; and yet still be the mom that they know will beat their little butts if needed! (no not literally&#8230; CSA not needed)!<\/p>\n<p>I think of all the moms in my life&#8230; thank you  for sharing, caring and and being an encouragement to me in your own way.<br \/>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to each of you&#8230; may you have days filled with knowing you are one of the biggest blessings in your child&#8217;s life and that thanks comes in all those small, sticky, yummy, wonderful little ways.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONE MORE SLEEP! Tomorrow at this time I will be in hanging out with no kiddies hanging on! Ok I am counting on the fact that my kids do not really read my blog so I can honestly say&#8230; I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=162\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}