{"id":763,"date":"2009-03-12T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T06:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/?p=763"},"modified":"2009-03-12T16:57:36","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T08:57:36","slug":"my-big-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/2009\/03\/12\/my-big-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"My Big Baby&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have your\u00a0Darling ever complained that you don&#8217;t love him anymore?\u00a0 I mean since the arrival of a new addition to the family of two but now three?<\/p>\n<p>It is not easy to play a dual role in the family. Or maybe multiple role&#8230;as a Wife, Mother, Daughter, Daughter-in-law, and more for me who has another home-next-door&#8230;Sister, Aunt!<\/p>\n<p>And juggling between work and household matters. At least I am a little blessed that I don&#8217;t have to do much house chores as they are taken care by my MIL who is staying with us.<\/p>\n<p>But still, after spending 12 hours or probably more in the office, by the time\u00a0I reach home and settle down, I do not have much time left for the day before bed. 1 hour? 2 hours? 3 hours if I&#8217;m not exhausted yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The little one yearning for a hug and some pampering.\u00a0 He may be showing signs of tiredness and so it&#8217;s time to put him to bed. Whilst,\u00a0Darling waiting patiently for a listening ear, a shoulder to lean on and some expression of love from me.<\/p>\n<p>At times you fell asleep with the little one.\u00a0 Pity Darling&#8230;no love for today. Well, I owe you, so allow me to keep the <em>debt<\/em> for tomorrow or the day after. Too much <em>debt<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Worst when the little one is sick, all the attention goes to him.\u00a0 But when Darling is sick, he must learn to take care of himself. I wish\u00a0I have two pairs of hands.\u00a0 Definitely when I have a free hand, my hope that, a little pat on the forehead and a cup of\u00a0milo with two tablets of paracetamol can make you feel better.<\/p>\n<p>The same may happen to me&#8230;It requires understanding, acceptance and support.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless,\u00a0I never forget God&#8217;s teaching and the vow we made in front of God&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;&#8230;to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part&#8230;&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our children shall leave us one day to build their own family.\u00a0 Who else shall walk thru with us this path of life if it&#8217;s not our spouse?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have your\u00a0Darling ever complained that you don&#8217;t love him anymore?\u00a0 I mean since the arrival of a new addition to the family of two but now three? It is not easy to play a dual role in the family. Or maybe multiple role&#8230;as a Wife, Mother, Daughter, Daughter-in-law, and more for me who has another &#8230; <a title=\"My Big Baby&#8230;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/2009\/03\/12\/my-big-baby\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Big Baby&#8230;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons","category-motivation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bondedtogether.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}