{"id":1064,"date":"2013-01-12T16:20:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2013-01-12T16:20:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T16:20:07","slug":"what-makes-a-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/?p=1064","title":{"rendered":"What makes a Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-snc6\/222514_4686075190727_1075456308_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought of you and closed my eyes And prayed to God today.<\/p>\n<p>I asked what makes a Mother And I know I heard him say.<\/p>\n<p>A Mother has a baby This we know is true.&#8217;<br \/>\nBut God, can you be a Mother When your baby&#8217;s not with you?<br \/>\nYes, you can, He replied With confidence in His voice<br \/>\nI give many women babies When they leave is not their choice.<br \/>\nSome I send for a lifetime And others for a day.<br \/>\nAnd some I send to feel your womb But there&#8217;s no need to stay.<br \/>\nI just don&#8217;t understand this, God I want my baby here<br \/>\nHe took a breath and cleared His throat And then I saw a tear.<br \/>\nI wish I could show you What your child is doing today.<br \/>\nIf you could see your child smile With other children and say:<br \/>\n&#8220;We go to earth to learn our lessons Of love and life and fear.<br \/>\nMy Mommy loved me oh so much I got to come straight here.<br \/>\nI feel so lucky to have a Mom Who had so much love for me<br \/>\nI learned my lesson very quickly My Mommy set me free.<br \/>\nI miss my Mommy oh so much But I visit her each day.<br \/>\nWhen she goes to sleep On her pillow&#8217;s where I lay.<br \/>\nI stroke her hair and kiss her cheek And whisper in her ear.<br \/>\n&#8220;Mommy don&#8217;t be sad today I&#8217;m your baby and I&#8217;m here.&#8221;<br \/>\nSo you see my dear sweet one Your children are ok<br \/>\nYour babies are here in My home And this is where they&#8217;ll stay.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ll wait for you with Me Until your lesson is through.<br \/>\nAnd on the day that you come home They&#8217;ll be at the gates for you.<br \/>\nSo now you see what makes a Mother It&#8217;s the feeling in your heart.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the love you had so much of Right from the very start.<br \/>\nThough some on earth may not realize You are a Mother until their time<br \/>\nis done. They&#8217;ll be up here with Me one day And you know<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re the best one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought of you and closed my eyes And prayed to God today. I asked what makes a Mother And I know I heard him say. A Mother has a baby This we know is true.&#8217; But God, can you be a Mother When your baby&#8217;s not with you? Yes, you can, He replied With&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ayumi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bubblymom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}