{"id":113449,"date":"2023-05-17T02:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=113449"},"modified":"2023-05-17T02:33:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:33:51","slug":"happy-91st-birthday-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/05\/17\/happy-91st-birthday-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 91st Birthday Mom!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy 91st Birthday Mom!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Happy<\/p>\n

Thank you for everything you have done for me. I appreciate the time you gave, the unconditional love, the wisdom you have shared, and the memories we have created together.<\/p>\n

I know I was a bit of a wild child and that I worried you because I was. You allowed me to wander, to grow, to explore and encouraged my love of nature. I’m certain you helped me become a better, stronger woman. I’m sorry for the times I worried you.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your encouragement, for telling me that you are proud of the woman I have become, the mother I am, and for appreciating my skills and talents.<\/p>\n

Your life hasn’t been easy but you have overcome so much and I am proud of you. I’ve watched you struggle and succeed. You have seen and loved so much in 91 years.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday, Mom.<\/p>\n

I \ud83d\udc96 you.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy 91st Birthday Mom! I appreciate the time you gave me, the unconditional love, the wisdom you have shared, and the memories we have created together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13915,1731,26,773,5347],"tags":[6627,6098,7155,3940,6518,8282,10139,12883,10136,4069,5064,5070,5906,165,4307],"class_list":["post-113449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mountain-bluebells","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-blue-wildflowers","tag-canyon","tag-flowering","tag-happy-birthday","tag-mertensia-ciliata","tag-mom","tag-mountain-bluebells","tag-mountains","tag-pink-wildflowers","tag-purple-wildflowers","tag-riparian-zone","tag-spring","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/happy-91st-birthday-mom-mia-mcpherson-6671.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-tvP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58568,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/06\/15\/dew-drops-and-blooming-mountain-bluebells\/","url_meta":{"origin":113449,"position":0},"title":"Dew Drops And Blooming Mountain Bluebells","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week I saw several clumps of blooming Mountain Bluebells that were dripping with dew drops from rains that fell overnight and I felt that I had to stop and take photos of them. 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