{"id":19,"date":"2015-05-10T16:22:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T21:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/?p=19"},"modified":"2018-06-15T23:35:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T04:35:42","slug":"mother-no-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"I Am A Mother…But I Have No Children."},"content":{"rendered":"

A special shout out to all moms today on this WONDERFUL holiday.\u00a0Where would we be without all the fabulous mothers in this world? Thank YOU, moms, for all that you do. Please know that you are appreciated every single<\/em> day.<\/p>\n

Happy Mother’s Day!<\/p>\n

I am a Mother…But I have no Children.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The word “mom”…What does it mean to you?<\/p>\n

What does it mean specifically to a child?<\/p>\n

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“Mom” took on a whole new meaning for me once I began working more closely with children. I am not a mother, but have a wonderful one who I would argue is the best mom out there (I might be a little biased).<\/div>\n
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I\u00a0 have\u00a0had the opportunity to work with some\u00a0wonderful children in my career. And to my surprise, some of them\u00a0call me “mom” early on working with them.\u00a0I cannot tell you how rewarding, yet heartbreaking, yet disturbing it\u00a0is to hear those words from children who I feel\u00a0are still practically strangers to me. There were even times\u00a0children have\u00a0referred to\u00a0me as\u00a0“mom” in front of their biological mother- that will always\u00a0take the cake for most awkward moment ever!<\/div>\n
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Since\u00a0having the privilege to work\u00a0more closely with children over the past 2 years, I have come to understand the word “mom” as this; someone who is consistently in your life, and who will be there when they say they will. Mothers care about you, they show you how it feels to be loved. They teach you right from wrong. They take you to appointments to ensure you’re healthy. They sing with you and play games.<\/div>\n
I\u00a0am not these children’s mother, but I do for them all the things the typical “mom” would do.<\/div>\n
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How fantastic is it that children who may have been neglected or lost a parent during any time of their lives still feel they have a mother? Because to a child, a mother does not have to just be the person who births you. Their innocent little brains don’t even understand that concept yet. To a child, mothers are simply the nurturing people in your lives that teach you about love. And it’s great that I can do that for them. (Not to take away from\u00a0the importance of\u00a0any biological mothers-\u00a0they will always be the women who brought these wonderful children into this world).<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Spending time with these\u00a0children has given them the experience that every child should get to have; simply being loved.<\/div>\n
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So we can all be mothers to somebody, even if we biologically do not have any children. I have become\u00a0a mother\u00a0in my career, and even for how intimidating that may be at times it is SO rewarding. I have learned about what kind of mother I will be some day, and that having a mother is something every child deserves.<\/div>\n
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*For the sake of the holiday and\u00a0my\u00a0blog\u00a0I have used the term “mom”, although this description of a mom pertains just as equally to any dads out there as well. We love you, dads,\u00a0we didn’t forget about you!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A special shout out to all moms today on this WONDERFUL holiday.\u00a0Where would we be without all the fabulous mothers in this world? Thank YOU, moms, for all that you do. Please know that you are appreciated every single day. Happy Mother’s Day! I am a Mother…But I have no Children. The word “mom”…What does it mean to you? What does it mean specifically to a child? “Mom” took on a whole new meaning for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[40,54,57,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329,"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swsecrets.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}