{"id":1343,"date":"2020-05-20T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T14:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2020-05-20T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T14:43:31","slug":"its-been-1-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been 1 year&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mom.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mom.png 884w, https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mom-744x722.png 744w, https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mom-420x408.png 420w, https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mom-768x745.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t really put into words how much I miss my mother today and for the past year.  I am hurting more than I am letting on, but at the same time, I am trying to remain strong.  My therapist says that I am doing well and that I am starting to move on with my life.  In many ways, he is right.  In some ways, I am still grieving even though he says I should not be&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time will &#8220;heal&#8221; all wounds, but this wound will take more time to heal.  We have been through the first Thanksgiving, Christmas, (her) birthday, Mother&#8217;s Day, and other family occasions without her and there was definitely something missing.  Her.  It will get better.  It did after my Dad passed, but somehow, this feels different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish I could bring myself to write more, but I just can&#8217;t.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love you, Mom.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t really put into words how much I miss my mother today and for the past year. I am hurting more than I am letting on, but at the<a href=\"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/?p=1343\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s been 1 year&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1346,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}