This message reframed my thinking and will be something I hold onto. I wish I had it verbatim, but allow me to improvise with the hope of conveying to you the sense of peace it brought to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They say we only have 18 summers with our kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They say we’ll blink and we’ll miss it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But let me offer another perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How about we tell people…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you do it well, if you love them hard and prioritize connection, if you show up when they need you, it is not <\/em>just 18 summers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What if I told you that these early years, when you are both young, are creating the basis for a lifetime of love. And that you have the ability to create that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Right now you are forming the foundation of a love story that will go on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do it well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That doesn’t mean doing it perfectly, but doing it well, with intention and love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This might look a little differently to everyone, but creating loving boundaries and guidance, being a safe place, supporting and encouraging, will create an unbreakable bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherhood isn’t limited to the early years. Motherhood continues until you take your last breath, and your impact will continue on even after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, you have more time. You do. You have so much more time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And what you’re doing right now, although it might feel fleeting, is building a really solid foundation for all the wonderful years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" They say you only have 18 summers, but let me offer you a new perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2142,2262,2436],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64929"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64947,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64929\/revisions\/64947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/motherhood-inspiration-683x1024.jpg\")
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