{"id":1800,"date":"2011-08-29T14:29:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T14:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2011-08-29T14:29:49","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T14:29:49","slug":"twenty-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/29\/twenty-years\/","title":{"rendered":"TWENTY years."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s how long I&#8217;ve been a mother, as of this day.<\/p>\n<p>On August 29th, 1991 I had my very first baby girl. Born on her exact due date!<\/p>\n<p>Then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/29\/twenty-years\/thentherewere3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1802\" title=\"Thentherewere3\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/thentherewere3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/thentherewere3.jpg 431w, https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/thentherewere3-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/thentherewere3-349x300.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/29\/twenty-years\/thentherewere3again\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1803\" title=\"thentherewere3again\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/thentherewere3again.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/thentherewere3again.jpg 520w, https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/thentherewere3again-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>feel like a life time ago.<\/p>\n<p>Oh boy, all three of us look SO young. What a little sweet pea she was! (I&#8217;d say is, but she&#8217;d get mad at me&#8230;ha!)<\/p>\n<p>So much life has been lived in the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>So much growing, so many experiences.<\/p>\n<p>So much joy, laughter and even tears.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alesia, I wish you much happiness for many, many, more years.<br \/>\nMay all your hopes and dreams come true.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1801\" style=\"border-color:initial;border-style:initial;\" title=\"250277_163048073757226_100001561036781_412357_715222_n\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/250277_163048073757226_100001561036781_412357_715222_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/250277_163048073757226_100001561036781_412357_715222_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/250277_163048073757226_100001561036781_412357_715222_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/250277_163048073757226_100001561036781_412357_715222_n-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Happy 20th Birthday!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s how long I&#8217;ve been a mother, as of this day. On August 29th, 1991 I had my very first baby girl. Born on her exact due date! Then&#8230; and then&#8230; feel like a life time ago. Oh boy, all three of us look SO young. What a little sweet pea she was! 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