{"id":213,"date":"2013-07-16T02:49:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T02:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2013-07-16T03:25:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T03:25:57","slug":"a-moment-for-me-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"A moment for me&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Today I was able to get away while the kids napped. I was able to run around without lugging diaper bags, a potty seat and kids, and although it felt good something was missing. I&#8217;m not talking about the kids as much as I love them and want them with me, what seems like always, it was something else. I used to love being able to run my errands. Go here and there without a care or thought in the world and though today I was able to run around and do things that I missed alone, it was different. Why do I feel like I can&#8217;t get that feeling back? Why do I allow myself to feel overwhelmed? I was able to enjoy some alone time with me but I feel like I didn&#8217;t want it or deserve it. When I got home after my quick outing I looked at Gio and Isa already up and I smiled. Seeing them playing and giggling when I walked through the door made me feel calmer. I was able to take them in and just put my mind and body at ease. Sorry, it was just one of those days.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was able to get away while the kids napped. I was able to run around without lugging diaper bags, a potty seat and kids, and although it felt good something was missing. I&#8217;m not talking about the kids as much as I love them and want them with me, what seems like always, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes-thoughts-and-more-to-smile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carasthoughts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}