{"id":26,"date":"2023-05-14T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2023-05-14T14:08:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:08:10","slug":"everyday-is-a-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Everyday is (a) Mother\u2019s Day\u00a0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Shenita Lyndell<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-1600x1067.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>(A LETTER TO MY MOMMY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Written in 2020\u2013 at the start of the pandemic weeks after the birth of my first child)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To my SuperShero:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have always appreciated the things you\u2019ve done for me in my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as I embark on this new journey of motherhood\u2014&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My gratitude has reached an elevated level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because I\u2019m so new at it, I know that I can\u2019t possibly yet comprehend all the many sacrifices, responsibilities, and joys you\u2019ve experienced over the years as you\u2019ve so gracefully and graciously mothered my sister, brother, and me. But I\u2019ll tell you this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six weeks into late night feedings, all day diaper changes, tummy time, cuddle time, gummy smiles, and tiny cries I am in awe of the poise, stamina, love, and grace it must take to mother children their entire lives. 18 years old is a joke because there are still days where I want nothing more than a hug from my mommy&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for always giving love. Thank you for always edifying me, for choosing forgiveness, and modeling grace. Thank you for your style and sparkle and shine\u2014 it has lit up my life and given me something greater to aspire to. Thank you for always pushing to do what was best for your children and for doing the best you could. Mommy, your best was (and always will be) more than enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m only able to rise to the charge of being Tootie\u2019s mother because you did such an amazing job at being mine. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Mother\u2019s Day, Mommy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Shenita Lyndell (A LETTER TO MY MOMMY) (Written in 2020\u2013 at the start of the pandemic weeks after the birth of my first child) To my SuperShero: I have always appreciated the things you\u2019ve done for me in my life But as I embark on this new journey of motherhood\u2014&nbsp; My gratitude has reached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherhoodincolor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}