{"id":45695,"date":"2016-04-18T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=45695"},"modified":"2017-12-06T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T16:28:13","slug":"momisms-share-favorite-quotes-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2016\/momisms-share-favorite-quotes-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"#Momisms: Share Your Favorite Quotes From Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Grandma Hannah was the first person to introduce me to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/examples.yourdictionary.com\/palindrome-examples.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">palindromes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, words that read the same backward and forward. Her name, with its impeccable symmetry and simple syllables, still wins as my favorite palindrome. \u201cMom\u201d is another favorite, though for different reasons. Sure, it was one of the first words I uttered and it holds powerful meaning in my life. But what really tickles me is that the word \u201cMOM\u201d when written in all upper-case letters spells \u201cWOW.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How perfect is that? Seriously.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/momisms-feature-2.jpg\" alt=\"momisms-feature-2\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though it wasn\u2019t intentional <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/49986\/where-do-words-%E2%80%9Cmom%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cdad%E2%80%9D-come\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when the word \u201cmom\u201d originated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, moms are some of the most \u201cwow-worthy\u201d people in our lives. \u00a0Not only because of their strong influence, but also because of their sage advice and unexpected witticisms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know that most of you have your favorite \u201cMomisms,\u201d quotes from a maternal figure that have truly wowed you. In honor of Mother\u2019s Day, we\u2019ve partnered with our friends at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental_Floss<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to present a contest celebrating your favorite mom (and grandma) quotes, from the hilarious and sometimes embarrassing \u201cI can\u2019t believe she just said that\u201d moments, to the heartwarming times when mom really did know best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/momisms-instagram-4.jpg\" alt=\"momisms-instagram-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Share your favorite #Momisms in the comments below or use the #Momisms hashtag on <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uncommongoods\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uncommongoods\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><b>, or<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uncommongoods\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b> Instagram<\/b><\/a><b> for your chance to win one of the packages featured in our <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/2016\/creative-mothers-day-gift-ideas\/?source=blog_momisms\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Mother\u2019s Day Gift Guide.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46453\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/2016\/creative-mothers-day-gift-ideas\/?source=blog_momisms\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46453\" class=\"wp-image-46453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/momisms-giftguide.jpg\" alt=\"momisms-giftguide\" width=\"800\" height=\"1289\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Share your most wow-worthy #Momisms for a chance to win lovely goods like these!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mental_Floss and UncommonGoods will choose two wow-worthy winners on May 2, 2016 to take home the prizes, just in time for Mother\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Grandma Hannah was the first person to introduce me to palindromes, words that read the same backward and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":46454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[123,2041,445,432,428,2112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45695"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46469,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45695\/revisions\/46469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}