{"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’t this yesterday?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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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

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I remember these first moments with riggins so vividly.<\/div>\n
Rigg was fresh 3 days old + it was a Sunday afternoon. Jon was still at Church.<\/div>\n
My mom + Ky were there helping me get all settled in, but they also needed to be back home. <\/div>\n
I was doing everything I could to distract them, anything to make them stay longer.<\/div>\n
Jonah was never really shy around Riggs like so many people told me he would be.<\/div>\n
He smothered him with his kisses + he still insists on holding him wherever they go.<\/div>\n
Rigg always breathed a little louder than normal + made us nervous that something was wrong.<\/div>\n
I remember feeling embarassed + completely discouraged when Breastfeeding was just as hard <\/div>\n
the second time around. I hate to even admit it, but it’s the honest truth.<\/div>\n
I would just shake + shake + shiver to myself trying to figure out those first few weeks <\/div>\n
with our new precious boy. Jon tried his best to comfort me. <\/div>\n
I remember the newborn scent that engulfed our home completely, justifying the loads <\/div>\n
+ loads + loads of laundry needing to be done. We didn’t get dressed very often. <\/div>\n
I remember crying in the Smith’s parking lot when I made it out of the house for the first time. <\/div>\n
I remember pleading numerous times a day for the strength + courage it would take to raise another little boy. <\/div>\n

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It’s been over a year now + I still go to bed with some of the same worries. Motherhood is a tricky thing. It has stretched me to my very limits + taught me what love truly is. I’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

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