{"id":14345,"date":"2017-11-13T17:08:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=14345"},"modified":"2017-11-13T17:08:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:08:07","slug":"last-roses-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/last-roses-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Last roses of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171113_135415_012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171113_135415_012-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171113_135415_012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171113_135415_012-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171113_135415_012-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171113_135415_012-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I cut the last roses from the bushes this morning. They were a little frost-bitten, and I wonder if the warm house will encourage the buds to open. Sometimes a little shock is all we need in order to bloom.<\/p>\n<p>I continue to feel the shock of new experiences in motherhood. This weekend I watched a son get injured at an athletic tournament, and saw his hopes of playing taken in his first minutes on the field. I haven&#8217;t felt that disappointment and sadness before. One night last week, I tried to wait up for a son, only to awaken at 4:00 am on the couch, stiff and incredibly sad. I had missed his homecoming. Fatigue is happening, but I hope the accompanying display of my heart is like these roses, showing their struggle in blooming, vibrant array. I may not be beautiful, curled up on a sofa or sitting bundled on the sidelines, but they are exercises in blooming, and they mean, &#8220;I love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cut the last roses from the bushes this morning. They were a little frost-bitten, and I wonder if the warm house will encourage the buds to open. Sometimes a little shock is all we need in order to bloom. I continue to feel the shock of new experiences in motherhood. This weekend I watched &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/last-roses-of-the-season\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Last roses of the season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14351,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14345\/revisions\/14351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}