{"id":152,"date":"2005-03-18T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2005-03-18T08:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x.jimanddoni.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2005-03-18T01:13:15","modified_gmt":"2005-03-18T08:13:15","slug":"and-then-came-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"And Then Came You…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" Today I was in the bathtub staring into the eyes of my youngest son. What beautiful depths of tender brown. I could stare and stare and stare. While he splashed away, my mind drifted to Amanda. Sometimes when I look into Ty’s eye’s, I see someone else very precious to me and I smile that he was given this remembrance of her. Words started flowing out of my heart, and when I got out of the tub I picked up pen and paper and started writing. As some that read this are blessed by adoption, I thought I would share it with you. As I will be copywriting this, I would appreciate if you did not reproduce it without permission (which I would likely give you:)<\/em><\/p>\n

(I am putting this in the mail for Amanda tomorrow – shhhhhhhh – don’t tell her!)<\/em><\/p>\n

And Then Came You?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I looked into love?s deep pools
\nEyes of laughter, sparkling jewels<\/p>\n

Lashes so long to mama?s delight
\nEyes one dreams of while asleep at night<\/p>\n

Tears and laughter merge as one
\nAs I stare into the eyes of my beautiful son<\/p>\n

He was a gift from the Father?s hand
\nWhen dreams crashed like a ship hit land<\/p>\n

All I had hoped for and all I believed
\nCame tumbling down when no children conceived<\/p>\n

A family dreamed of, prayers unheard
\nHope crashing down in a single word<\/p>\n

Mourning ? desperate – sorrow untold
\nGrief and heartache no baby to hold<\/p>\n

The tiresome burden seemed too much to bear
\nWe?d look to heaven and scream unfair<\/p>\n

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