{"id":3104,"date":"2014-09-09T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wasnt-this-yesterday\/"},"modified":"2019-08-13T22:10:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:10:50","slug":"wasnt-this-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wasnt-this-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasn&#8217;t this yesterday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/piggies_zps3357ab09.jpg\" \/> <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/brothersforever_zps02ac18c5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today while I was on a conference call these pictures flashed across my screensaver. I melted dead in my tracks. Are pictures not such a gift? They are to me. Especially these ones! They capture so many raw emotions that words could never describe.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I remember these first moments with riggins so vividly.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Rigg was fresh 3 days old + it was a Sunday afternoon. Jon was still at Church.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">My mom&nbsp;+ Ky were&nbsp;there helping me get all settled in, but they also needed to be back home.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I was doing everything I could to distract them, anything to make them stay longer.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Jonah was never really shy around Riggs like so many people told me he would be.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">He smothered him with his kisses&nbsp;+ he still insists on holding him wherever they go.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Rigg always breathed a little louder than normal&nbsp;+ made us nervous that something was wrong.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I remember feeling embarassed + completely discouraged&nbsp;when Breastfeeding was just as hard&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">the second time around. I hate to even admit it, but it&#8217;s the honest truth.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I would just shake&nbsp;+ shake + shiver to myself&nbsp;trying to figure out those first few weeks&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">with our new precious boy.&nbsp;Jon tried his best to comfort me.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I remember the newborn scent that engulfed our home completely, justifying the loads&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">+ loads&nbsp;+ loads of laundry needing to be done. We didn&#8217;t get dressed very often.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I remember crying in the Smith&#8217;s parking lot when I made it out of the house for the first time.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I remember pleading&nbsp;numerous times a day for the strength&nbsp;+ courage it would take to raise another little boy.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s been over a year now&nbsp;+ I still go to bed with some of the same worries. Motherhood is a tricky thing. It has stretched me to my very limits&nbsp;+ taught me what love truly is. I&#8217;m not sure I will ever fully figure it out, but I do know that these pictures flashed by this morning as a reminder for me that things will be just fine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/auntkyandriggs_zps8aa28c5b.jpg\" \/> <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/brothersnuggsbw_zps6b0ad64f.jpg\" \/> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Today while I was on a conference call these pictures flashed across my screensaver. I melted dead in my tracks. Are pictures not such a gift? They are to me. Especially these ones! They capture so many raw emotions that words could never describe. I remember these first moments with riggins so vividly. 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