{"id":31225,"date":"2025-10-24T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=31225"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:21:38","slug":"sweet-happy-mom%e2%99%a5%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2025\/10\/sweet-happy-mom%e2%99%a5%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Happy MOM\u2665\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000009932.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000009932-1024x898.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31226\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000009932-1024x898.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000009932-300x263.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000009932-768x673.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000009932-1536x1346.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000009932.jpg 2017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The beads of my friendship bracelet from Mark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is there anything more affirming than a friendship bracelet with your name on it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark made this friendship bracelet for me when he was five years old, I am sure with help from Paige. I have worn it through the years when I need a reminder of who I am or when I need courage. I have hidden it within a pocket when facing personal challenges, and it broke last month inside my pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can fix it, and I am grateful it wasn&#8217;t lost. The loose beads remind me how different it looks to be a mother now, and how this year, in particular, has felt like a scattering of all known things. I will fix the bracelet and keep it as it was, but this experience also reminds me that when something breaks, it&#8217;s an opportunity to fit in some new letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G A &#8211; M A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W R I T E R<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D I S C I P L E<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H O S T<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W H O L E<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there anything more affirming than a friendship bracelet with your name on it? Mark made this friendship bracelet for me when he was five years old, I am sure with help from Paige. I have worn it through the years when I need a reminder of who I am or when I need courage. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2025\/10\/sweet-happy-mom%e2%99%a5%ef%b8%8f\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sweet Happy MOM\u2665\ufe0f<\/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-31225","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\/31225","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=31225"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31237,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31225\/revisions\/31237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}