{"id":5968,"date":"2013-05-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2013-05-27T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T15:14:11","slug":"a-letter-to-my-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/2013\/a-letter-to-my-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"a letter to my readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers,<\/p>\n<p>Today is supposed to be a letter to you. I assume a letter to thank you or to welcome you.<\/p>\n<p>There has been quite a bit of NEW traffic this month so WELCOME-WELCOME!<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful to have you here.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a long time reader, I hope my journey this month hasn&#8217;t been to difficult to wade through.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been nice, writing a little more openly and less about the kids.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to get back to that, don&#8217;t get me wrong, but I think Jenni&#8217;s blog everyday in may challenge has been a welcome change.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s opened me up to making my blog about me and about the kids.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, it&#8217;s meant to be about them and something to look back on that preserves their childhood, but I imagine they will be grateful to see me open up. They will be grateful to get to know me in a way they don&#8217;t need to right now.<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t need to see the hardships I&#8217;m facing, the deep thoughts I&#8217;m feeling.<\/p>\n<p>They just need to be my little boys.<\/p>\n<p>So THANK YOU, readers, for being a sounding board that will listen to things my friends are tired of hearing, or that my husband can&#8217;t find a solution to.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for watching my grow into a better (hopefully) mom every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lastly, please say &#8220;hi&#8221; sometimes so I know \u00a0you are here. \ud83d\ude42 &#8211; AND tell me how you got here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/thankyoumayreaders.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6319\" alt=\"thankyoumayreaders\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/thankyoumayreaders-300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/thankyoumayreaders-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/thankyoumayreaders.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/storyofmylifetheblog.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/blog-every-day-in-may-challenge.html\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1131.photobucket.com\/albums\/m553\/jennilu07\/May200x200_zpsf8349f10.png\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers, Today is supposed to be a letter to you. 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