{"id":1289,"date":"2008-06-13T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T12:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/06\/13\/exchanging-gifts\/"},"modified":"2008-06-14T01:39:47","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T19:39:47","slug":"exchanging-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/06\/13\/exchanging-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"exchanging gifts + writing letters from the heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/06\/13\/exchanging-gifts\/1288\/' rel='attachment wp-att-1288' title='jeska_little.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/jeska_little.jpg' alt='jeska_little.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>submission from <a href=\"http:\/\/lobsterandswan.blogspot.com\/\"target=\"_blank\">jeska<\/a>. who commented on my blog this morning, which directed me to <a href=\"http:\/\/recordtheday.blogspot.com\/\"target=\"_blank\">her blog<\/a>, which lead me to this lovely image. thank you. <\/p>\n<p>there are so many wonderful submissions flowing steadily in, my desktop is a mess. but oh how i am looking forward to sorting and organising it all!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>and I just had to include this handwritten letter that Anne-Maree&#8217;s 10 year old son composed yesterday. He left it on her pillow so that she would read it before she went to bed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/06\/13\/exchanging-gifts\/1292\/' rel='attachment wp-att-1292' title='letter1-1.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/letter1-1.jpg' alt='letter1-1.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>you will have to go over to <a href=\"http:\/\/thehousethata-mbuilt.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/look-what-i-found-on-my-pillow-last.html\"target=\"_blank\">her house<\/a> to enlarge, it&#8217;s a beautifully written piece that deserves a huge amount of attention. Now I tell you, what is it with the influx of wonderful men coming into our blogging worlds? 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