{"id":1823,"date":"2017-12-20T13:57:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T18:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2017-12-20T13:58:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T18:58:23","slug":"the-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/20\/the-arrival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"\u00a0This is dedicated to all our children!<\/h6>\n
I wait in joyful expectation<\/h6>\n
You\u2019re arrival I long to see<\/h6>\n
Nine long months until we know<\/h6>\n
Are you a he or a she\u2026?<\/h6>\n
Days, weeks and months go by<\/h6>\n
The day comes and you arrive\u2026<\/h6>\n
Oh my\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve never felt this way before\u2026<\/h6>\n
I sing and dance and praise the Lord\u2026<\/h6>\n
For,<\/h6>\n
The child I hold within my arms<\/h6>\n
Pulling out all the stops, I see all your charms\u2026<\/h6>\n
How can I love someone so much?<\/h6>\n
Tiny fingers soft to the touch\u2026<\/h6>\n
Love so powerful I can\u2019t explain<\/h6>\n
It\u2019s like a tidal wave I can\u2019t contain\u2026<\/h6>\n
Filling the sky with stars far and wide\u2026<\/h6>\n
A smile on my face I cannot hide\u2026<\/h6>\n
Promises, life goes on through you my child\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ll take you on walks for a million miles\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ll rock you, and hug you, and plant kisses on your face\u2026<\/h6>\n
No one in a million years could ever take your place\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ll sing you lullabies and make you cookies and cakes\u2026<\/h6>\n
Teach you to bow your head and pray<\/h6>\n
Buy you candy and toys, I know you\u2019ll enjoy<\/h6>\n
I love you more\u2026my sweet baby boy\u2026<\/h6>\n
Love always,<\/h6>\n
Grandma<\/h6>\n
~M.S. O\u2019Neill December 20, 2017<\/h6>\n
Psalm 127:3-5 The Message (MSG) <\/em><\/strong>Don\u2019t you see that children are God\u2019s best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior\u2019s fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Your enemies don\u2019t stand a chance against you; you\u2019ll sweep them right off your doorstep.<\/em><\/h6>\n
2 Timothy 1:5-7 <\/em>The Message (MSG) <\/em><\/strong>That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith\u2014and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed\u2014keep that ablaze! God doesn\u2019t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0This is dedicated to all our children! I wait in joyful expectation You\u2019re arrival I long to see Nine long months until we know Are you a he or a she\u2026? Days, weeks and months go by The day comes and you arrive\u2026 Oh my\u2026 I\u2019ve never felt this way before\u2026 I sing and dance…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-tp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}