{"id":377,"date":"2007-08-15T06:26:43","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T10:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2007-08-15T06:26:43","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T10:26:43","slug":"the-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"The Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Brickman wrote one of my favorite songs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Gift<\/em><\/strong>. <\/span>I first heard it at one the many concerts if his I have gone to. <\/span>The lyrics are just about that\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6gifts that come to us free\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6many of which become our favorites. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I received one of those\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6well, actually two\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6in the past few days.<\/p>\n

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I went out to put an envelope in the mailbox early yesterday morning. <\/span>As I opened the door I found a gift. <\/span>It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the usually well wrapped gift a friend shares but a simple feather from my fine feathered friend the barn owl.<\/p>\n

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I picked it up and examined it. <\/span>The fluffiness on the end was typical of it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 feathers.<\/p>\n

Since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been reading the last Harry Potter book and owls are also part of his life, I just laid the feather gently beside the book on my glass top table so I could enjoy it awhile before I put it in a small clear plastic bag and slip it into my latest memory book.<\/p>\n

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My son and his girlfriend came over last night for dinner and saw it. <\/span>We enjoyed a few minutes of talking about that owl.<\/p>\n

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In the middle of the night I was awaken by animal fighting sounds in my front yard. <\/span>I jumped out of bed and peered out the window in time to see the Owl and the Pussycat<\/em><\/strong> (Ms. Kitty) fighting for some kind of varmint. <\/span>The barn owl won the prize and quickly flew off with it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad these two are in my yard. <\/span>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure what it was they were fighting over but it is one less critter I have to deal with that might scare the willies out of me if I see it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I just hope the owl doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave the leftovers on my front porch like that feather!<\/p>\n

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My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you be aware of your surroundings and appreciate the wild and domesticated animals you may find along your path.<\/p>\n

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

Jim Brickman wrote one of my favorite songs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Gift. I first heard it at one the many concerts if his I have gone to. The lyrics are just about that\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6gifts that come to us free\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6many of which become our favorites. I received one of those\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6well, actually two\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6in the past few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-events","category-nature-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}