{"id":442,"date":"2021-10-28T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/?p=442"},"modified":"2021-10-28T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:14:20","slug":"holding-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/holding-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Holding On<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can still live for today Mom<br>Pieces of you<br>Fragments of memory<br>That could have<br>Or may have been<br>A hopeful and happy life<br>Beautiful colours<br>Tinsel and Garland<br>Wrapped and waiting for joy<br>Excited for the years to come<br>But tears filled each passing day<br>Pretty skating dress<br>Kenny&#8217;s pond<br>A wish for summer breeze and<br>Unrequited love<br>Built up walls pushed<br>The sound of laughter and<br>Flowers seemed hazy through<br>The smudged windows<br>Maybe tomorrow will be<br>A better day<br>Tomorrow I will open the curtains<br>Tomorrow I will open this<br>Dark and forbidden door<br>Tomorrow I will try to pick up and<br>Hold on to love and peace<br>Pieces of you<br>Pieces of yesterday<br>Pieces of what could have been<br>Love you so much<br>Love you so much<br>Birdy kisses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Kathleen Morbey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mom-and-your-Mom-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mom-and-your-Mom-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mom-and-your-Mom-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mom-and-your-Mom.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Painting by Kathleen Morbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Title: Holding On Mom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holding On You can still live for today MomPieces of youFragments of memoryThat could haveOr may have beenA hopeful and happy lifeBeautiful coloursTinsel and GarlandWrapped and waiting for joyExcited for the years to comeBut tears filled each passing dayPretty skating dressKenny&#8217;s pondA wish for summer breeze andUnrequited loveBuilt up walls pushedThe sound of laughter andFlowers &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/holding-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Holding On&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-room"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.parentinggroup.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}