{"id":6112,"date":"2016-09-07T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T10:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/?p=6112"},"modified":"2016-09-07T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T10:59:13","slug":"almost-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/?p=6112","title":{"rendered":"Almost Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nearly time to take mom to the airport. I have loved having her here to chat with and laugh with and run around with. We\u2019ve had some great adventures and good visits with family and friends. But it is almost time for her to leave.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll miss her. Terribly. So I thought I\u2019d share a poem I found about someone else\u2019s mom, but it fits my mom perfectly. Thank you Mom for being the lovely person you are and for sharing your life with me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your Heart Is Like a Garden<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1430 size-medium\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000000; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/flowers-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"flowers\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/flowers-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/flowers.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Your heart is like a garden<br \/>\nWith the gateway open wide,<br \/>\nAnd all who will may enter,<br \/>\nFinding peace and love inside.<br \/>\nThere are roses for remembrance<br \/>\nOf happy by-gone days,<br \/>\nForget-me-nots that symbolize<br \/>\nYour ever-thoughtful ways.<br \/>\nShy violets for your modesty<br \/>\nAnd pansies for the tender thoughts<br \/>\nYou always have of others.<br \/>\nAnd from my childhood, Mother,<br \/>\nMy joys have had their start<br \/>\nIn that place of truth and beauty\u2014<br \/>\nThe garden of your heart.<\/p>\n<p>Author: Unknown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It\u2019s nearly time to take mom to the airport. I have loved having her here to chat with and laugh with and run around with. We\u2019ve had some great adventures and good visits with family and friends. But it is almost time for her to leave. &nbsp; I\u2019ll miss her. Terribly. So I thought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5921,614],"class_list":["post-6112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-almost-time","tag-mom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6113,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions\/6113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}