{"id":193,"date":"2012-04-24T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/2012\/04\/thoughts-on-motherhood.html"},"modified":"2014-04-30T23:24:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T03:24:14","slug":"thoughts-on-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/24\/thoughts-on-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Motherhood","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Motherhood is one of the most challenging experiences of my life. \u00a0These are my thoughts on motherhood.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-58L3C_7vKxk\/T5a2EqWFqtI\/AAAAAAAAAGQ\/DyLwieekCvg\/s1600\/motherhood_frame.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"thoughts on motherhood\" src=\"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-58L3C_7vKxk\/T5a2EqWFqtI\/AAAAAAAAAGQ\/DyLwieekCvg\/s320\/motherhood_frame.jpg\" width=\"251\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thoughts on Motherhood<\/h2>\n<p>I saw this today at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohmyhandmade.com\/2011\/what-we-know\/how-to-really-love-motherhood\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">http:\/\/www.ohmyhandmade.com\/2011\/what-we-know\/how-to-really-love-motherhood\/<\/a>\u00a0 and I really really loved it.\u00a0 It spoke to me after a morning of watching my boys wrestle their way around the house full of energy after a night when they both woke up twice for no apparent reason.\u00a0 I marvelled at their energy, their cuteness and as I rushed around getting ready for work I wished I had time to just be with them.\u00a0 To not worry about everything else that was going on and be.\u00a0 I vowed that today when I got home from work I would set everything aside and just play.\u00a0 This crazy toddler stage will go by all too quickly and I don&#8217;t want to miss any of it worrying about work, money, responsibilities etc.\u00a0 Motherhood is a gift, one that I don&#8217;t always cherish as much as I should.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s to all the mothers out there that are taking time today to play, to snuggle and to love every crazy moment.<\/p>\n<h2>What are your thoughts on motherhood?<\/h2>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motherhood is one of the most challenging experiences of my life. \u00a0These are my thoughts on motherhood. 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