{"id":2901,"date":"2010-10-01T09:17:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T13:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2010-10-01T09:17:05","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T13:17:05","slug":"happy-birthday-luke-and-beautiful-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=2901","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Luke (and beautiful skies!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"298\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"447\" border=\"0\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lukespics-0041.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lukespics-0051.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lukespics-0041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"298\" alt=\"Luke'spics 004\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lukespics-004_thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lukespics-0041.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lukespics-0051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"296\" alt=\"Luke'spics 005\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lukespics-005_thumb.jpg\" width=\"199\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday to my handsome son! <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Thirty two years ago we were gifted with our first son- it was a beautiful day- warm and mellow with just a hint of fall in the air.&nbsp; The trees were bright with the promise of more color to come.&nbsp; And then, there he was, our child, filled with all of the possibilities and problems that we all travel to this world with as baggage.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, as he grew, the problems were few, the blessings many, and the joy he left in his wake made us all richer.<\/p>\n<p>I took some pictures of the skies this week- some were so bright and some rather threatening &#8211; just like our lives.&nbsp; This is the world we share and enjoy- it is all we have to offer to our children- this and the love that God has given to us- a heritage of the holy- a hope for a better world.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sky-and-AAL-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"328\" alt=\"sky and AAL 009\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sky-and-AAL-009_thumb.jpg\" width=\"437\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Winston-Knot-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"329\" alt=\"Winston Knot 007\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Winston-Knot-007_thumb.jpg\" width=\"438\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Winston-Knot-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"328\" alt=\"Winston Knot 008\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Winston-Knot-008_thumb.jpg\" width=\"437\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Happy Birthday to my handsome son! 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