{"id":451,"date":"2009-05-10T18:32:17","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T02:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:41","slug":"my-first-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/10\/my-first-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/10\/my-first-mothers-day\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F10%2Fmy-first-mothers-day%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-452\" style=\"margin: 5px; float:right\" title=\"konan-25wks-sun02-small\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/konan-25wks-sun02-small.jpg\" alt=\"konan-25wks-sun02-small\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/konan-25wks-sun02-small.jpg 384w, https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/konan-25wks-sun02-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/>Today is Mother&#8217;s Day, the sweetest day of the year in many women&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n<p>But to me, this is my first Mother&#8217;s Day so it&#8217;s even sweeter than that!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, last year I was pregnant, so some people wished me a Happy Mother&#8217;s Day anyhow&#8230; but this is the first one that I can hold my own child in my arms.<\/p>\n<p>And I can look in his face, and see both myself and Barry there.<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it amazing how much life can change in the blink of an eye?<\/p>\n<p>This day will definitely go down in history as a very special one for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping The Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"Heather Vale Goss\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Mother&#8217;s Day, the sweetest day of the year in many women&#8217;s lives. 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