{"id":17612,"date":"2021-05-04T13:57:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T10:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/istorija\/mamos\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:00:19","slug":"moms","status":"publish","type":"istorija","link":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/story\/moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Moms\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We excuse them when they are wrong.<br \/>\nWe defend them when they themselves are at fault.<br \/>\nWe comfort them when they fall, even though just a minute ago you clearly, loudly, and understandably said: \u201cDon\u2019t climb. Don\u2019t fall.\u201d<br \/>\nWe put them to sleep, even when we ourselves desperately want to sleep.<br \/>\nWe heal them, though we haven\u2019t completed even basic medical courses.<br \/>\nWe explain things we don\u2019t fully understand ourselves.<br \/>\nWe lift them up, even when they are too heavy for us.<br \/>\nWe think about them, even when our minds are stuffed with a crazy amount of other tasks.<br \/>\nWe feel their moods.<br \/>\nWe analyze their glances.<br \/>\nFrom their eyes, breathing, and gait, we can predict the day\u2019s successes and failures.<br \/>\nWe worry over their small misfortunes an unimaginable number of times more than over our own failures.<br \/>\nWe give them another chance, even when we\u2019ve sworn countless times that the last one was the final one.<br \/>\nIt hurts us when they are in pain.<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t get sick when they are unwell.<br \/>\nWe love them even before we first hold them in our arms.<br \/>\nIt is never too hard for us.<br \/>\nToo late.<br \/>\nToo early.<br \/>\nToo much.<br \/>\nImpossible.<\/p>\n<p>We abandon our own convictions, principles, and the absolute \u201cNEVERs\u201d we once believed in so fervently.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside our regular profession, we acquire another one, for which:<br \/>\nWe didn\u2019t study at university.<br \/>\nWe didn\u2019t take certification courses.<br \/>\nWe didn\u2019t attend seminars.<br \/>\nWe didn\u2019t learn from textbooks.<br \/>\nWe didn\u2019t have the chance to practice in exercises.<br \/>\nWe simply\u2014take it upon ourselves and become a professional in another field. Without formal knowledge. Straight from the heart.<\/p>\n<p>We are\u2014both the most wrong and the most right.<br \/>\nBy the usual standards of \u201crightness.\u201d<br \/>\nAnd the most right of all, holding in our hands the justification: that we are THEIR Moms.<\/p>\n<p>V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-17612","istorija","type-istorija","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija\/17612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/istorija"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}