{"id":4904,"date":"2011-09-30T23:06:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T03:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2011-09-30T23:06:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T03:06:53","slug":"happy-birthday-luke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4904","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Luke!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4905\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/335356_10150299390138038_721623037_7923526_1411470814_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4905\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4905\" title=\"335356_10150299390138038_721623037_7923526_1411470814_o\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/335356_10150299390138038_721623037_7923526_1411470814_o-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Luke and Kieran\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> Luke and Kieran<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today is my son, Luke&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>It is a day to celebrate- a day of joy.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, he has been a reason to celebrate for me<\/p>\n<p>ever since I first saw him !<\/p>\n<p>Luke has taught me so very much-<\/p>\n<p>he taught me how to be a better person.<\/p>\n<p>And he taught me how to become a mother.<\/p>\n<p>He taught me about trust and faithfulness.<\/p>\n<p>He showed me obedience through love.<\/p>\n<p>He has enriched my life with his love and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>And he has brought me, first, his wife and then, his sons to love and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 33 years he has given me so many gifts- from that first smile to today- when he shares<\/p>\n<p>the stories and moments of his life so freely.<\/p>\n<p>So, I wanted to tell him in front of witnesses,<\/p>\n<p>what a blessing he is in my life- and how very much I love him-<\/p>\n<p>and how pleased I am with the decisions he has made in his life.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday, Luke, with all my love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today is my son, Luke&#8217;s birthday. It is a day to celebrate- a day of joy. Of course, he has been a reason to celebrate for me ever since I first saw him ! Luke has taught me so &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4904\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}