{"id":7262,"date":"2025-05-11T20:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2026-02-16T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:22:14","slug":"thank-you-for-calling-me-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/?p=7262","title":{"rendered":"Thank You For Calling Me &#8230;. Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7262\" class=\"elementor elementor-7262\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7a2c3c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f7a2c3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53361585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53361585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7282 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7561-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To my children:<\/strong> Thank you for making me a mother. From the moment I discovered I was carrying you to the time I gave birth to you, and for every moment until this day, the Lord has truly blessed my life through each of you. Watching you grow into your own lives has been a joy. You have also blessed me with precious grandchildren. I have watched one of you, who never had any children of her own, become a wonderful aunt to your nephews and niece. You all bless my soul every day. I love you.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7284 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1970s_Tonya-Seven-weeks-old._0001_a-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1970s_Tonya-Seven-weeks-old._0001_a-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1970s_Tonya-Seven-weeks-old._0001_a-1007x1024.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1970s_Tonya-Seven-weeks-old._0001_a-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1970s_Tonya-Seven-weeks-old._0001_a-1510x1536.jpg 1510w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1970s_Tonya-Seven-weeks-old._0001_a-2013x2048.jpg 2013w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1970s_Tonya-Seven-weeks-old._0001_a.jpg 2024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7273 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-2.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7277 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1974-09-Pamela-Sue-Maxey-12-weeks-old-Scan-copy-2-300x244.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1974-09-Pamela-Sue-Maxey-12-weeks-old-Scan-copy-2-300x244.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1974-09-Pamela-Sue-Maxey-12-weeks-old-Scan-copy-2.jpeg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7271\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-1.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7286 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1976-08-19-David-John-Maxey-Scan-223x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1976-08-19-David-John-Maxey-Scan-223x300.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1976-08-19-David-John-Maxey-Scan.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7274\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-3-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/thumbnail-3.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Also,<\/strong> to my four children who never had the privilege of living here on earth, I will see you all in heaven someday. 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