{"id":617,"date":"2008-02-16T18:13:41","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T01:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x.jimanddoni.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2008-02-16T18:13:41","modified_gmt":"2008-02-17T01:13:41","slug":"what-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"What Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been so excited to play with pictures of Tori but I haven’t had the time yet.?? Still though…I wanted to see her “decorated” so I asked her Aunt Heidi to dress up some pictures for me just for fun.?? Plus I thought it would be special to have these digital creations from her first Valentine’s Day done by her Aunt.?? Heidi is very very creative and so artistically talented.?? Didn’t she do awesome on these digi scrapbook pages for me??? I love them!?? I especially love the light shining down on Tori – looks like Heaven shining its light on her.?? I have been wanting to use that effect but haven’t had the chance yet – think I am going to be using the light brushes on a lot of Tori’s pictures.?? Seems very appropriate!?? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Heidi is also a very talented writer.?? She wrote a poem for Tori (and the boys too) this week that made me cry!??I’ll cherish this always. ??Your going to love it.?? Heidi is amazing.?? Here it is:<\/p>\n

*******??<\/p>\n

There???s a heavenly ditty so close to my heart??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>That I???d like to tell you the story??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>About one Tanner and one small Ty??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>And a little Savannah named Tori??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>Born on the breath of angels??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>And carried to us on their wings??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Wrapped in the praises of heaven??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>A gift of the city???s Great King??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>The frailty of humankind welcomes??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Our Majesty???s gift with such wonder??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Though humble, the praises of subjects,??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Still offered with heartfelt thunder??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>What gift, what word, what offer,??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>To so Great a King shall we send??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>No word will ever do justice??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>No song, no letter of pen??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>The gift of a child, too grand to express!??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>The gift of a family ??? Divine!??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>The heavenly tapestry woven,??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Destinies enraptured with mine??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>I have only rags to offer??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Unclothed, with nothing I come??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>But come, I do, to offer??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Back to You, daughter and son??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>Nothing else seems worthy??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Nothing else can compare??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>So I offer myself, my heart, my soul??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>And every sweet gift You???ve shared??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>Thank You, Great King, for Your kindness??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Thank You, for writing our story??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>I???ll cherish a lifetime and then some??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>Your dear Tanner, Your Ty, and Your Tori??<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span>??<\/p>\n

<\/span>??<\/p>\n

<\/span>***** Good grief….I just reread it AGAIN and am crying all over!<\/p>\n

<\/span>??<\/p>\n

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I love you Heidi Jo!<\/p>\n

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

I have been so excited to play with pictures of Tori but I haven’t had the time yet.?? Still though…I wanted to see her “decorated” so I asked her Aunt Heidi to dress up some pictures for me just for fun.?? Plus I thought it would be special to have these digital creations from her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mamas-diaries"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimanddoni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}