{"id":1453,"date":"2008-11-18T19:20:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T02:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickyboots.com\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2008-11-18T19:22:25","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T02:22:25","slug":"stuck-in-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/?p=1453","title":{"rendered":"Stuck In a Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I see it in the eyes of gray-haired ladies as they sneak glances at the infant in my stroller; I see it in the looks the middle-aged mothers at the grocery store cast towards my two year-old; I see it in myself when I flip through Avelyn&#8217;s scrapbook and see the rapid progression in the photos from dazed newborn to chubby baby to independent toddler.\u00c2\u00a0 The time, it passes so fast.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it that while I am in the moment, living the daily life of being a mother of two, I don&#8217;t see how fleeting the days are?\u00c2\u00a0 The endless parade of soiled diapers, tantrums, counters to wipe, floors to vacuum, screams to soothe, and meals to plan, they don&#8217;t feel magical while I&#8217;m in the midst of them.\u00c2\u00a0 But I know that when they are gone, when this stage of life has passed, I will yearn for these days.\u00c2\u00a0 Before I know it our girls will be off to school, off to college, off to life and I&#8217;ll pine for a poopy diaper, for ol&#8217; time&#8217;s sake.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to making the most of reality, fleeting as it may be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kickyboots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/php4qnacdpm.jpg\" title=\"php4qnacdpm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kickyboots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/php4qnacdpm.jpg\" alt=\"php4qnacdpm.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I see it in the eyes of gray-haired ladies as they sneak glances at the infant in my stroller; I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-little-o-this","category-my-girl","category-my-girl-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kickyboots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}