{"id":37776,"date":"2018-01-09T07:04:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37776"},"modified":"2018-01-09T13:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T18:57:22","slug":"happy-birthday-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37776","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Mom!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone, and thank you for the sweet birthday messages.\u00a0 It was a nice day that turned extra special because my niece happened to be born on my birthday.\u00a0 I am so excited to share that day with the newest addition to our family!!!\u00a0 My heart just melts.<\/p>\n

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Well, today we are taking another break from decorating and DIY so I can give a big birthday shout-out to my mom!\u00a0 I am so lucky we get to have our birthdays so close together.<\/p>\n

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Where to begin? It is too hard, so let’s just say I hit won the lottery with moms.\u00a0 My mom is strong, dedicated, fun, sincere, and someone I love so much.\u00a0 Mom talked about our relationship, and I agree that it is a great mother\/daughter relationship.\u00a0 How she raised me has a lot to do with it.\u00a0 I had a wonderful childhood, and I have to thank my mom for it.\u00a0 She is so supportive and a great listener.<\/p>\n

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The older I get, the stronger our relationship gets.\u00a0 She has been with me through the highs and lows.\u00a0 This blog has been one of the best things for us because it keeps us even closer.\u00a0 We get to chat daily\u00a0 – not just about life –\u00a0 but our fun hobby, this blog. We still laugh that we are still doing it and still have things to write about most days.<\/p>\n

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I mentioned my mom is strong and while she might not have enjoyed our biking trip across the Sahara as much as I did, it takes a STRONG woman to join part way through a trip.\u00a0 She learned to set up a tent, go days without a shower, bike, bike and bike in wind storms and hot, hot, hot conditions. We did have some days off and created some memories that we laugh about now.\u00a0 One day in Fez, Morocco we decided we would do a much needed “spa” day.\u00a0 We decided to do more the local experience which is a public hammam.\u00a0 Oh, boy, did we have the local experience!\u00a0 Since we were not locals, we had two female guides take us through how it works.\u00a0 We didn’t know the language, and we were naked.\u00a0 Talk about being exposed.\u00a0 We followed along and tried to relax, but many times our faces met, and we just started laughing.\u00a0 Here we are naked in Morocco, and water was being thrown all over us and then we were exfoliated and basically rubbed raw.\u00a0 That was followed by cold water being thrown on us.\u00a0 I doubt either of us would do a hammam again, but anytime we talk about it, we just burst out laughing.\u00a0 So, my mom is a good sport and is up to try new things. Did I mention she has even gone skydiving!!!<\/p>\n

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My mom is one reason I have the travel bug, and it is so awesome to travel with her.\u00a0 She is always aware of others and other cultures.\u00a0 She didn’t want me to live in a bubble and wanted to make sure I have my eyes open to see the world.\u00a0 We have been able to take our share of girls trips to Europe for long weekends or spend a week biking through France.\u00a0 I look forward to doing the same with my daughter.<\/p>\n

\"Jordan,<\/p>\n

Being a grandmother aka Ya Ya suits my mom.\u00a0 She is as loving and as fun as can be with Little Miss.\u00a0 Little Miss requests to Facetime or Skype with Ya Ya every morning at breakfast and both faces light up when they see each other.\u00a0 I learned everything about how to be good mom from my mom, she is the best teacher.<\/p>\n

\"Janette<\/p>\n

I could go on and on, but I wanted to share my mom’s just the best mom.\u00a0 I want to wish her the happiest birthdays.\u00a0 Please join me in telling her Happy Birthday!!!<\/p>\n

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Cheers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone, and thank you for the sweet birthday messages.\u00a0 It was a nice day that turned extra special because my niece happened to be born on my birthday.\u00a0 I am so excited to share that day with the newest addition to our family!!!\u00a0 My heart just melts. Well, today we are taking another break […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37776"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37776"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37787,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37776\/revisions\/37787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}