{"id":793,"date":"2013-08-20T21:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T01:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/?p=793"},"modified":"2013-08-20T21:04:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T01:04:49","slug":"793","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of all Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life is filled with blessings.\u00a0 More than we often recognize or give God credit for.\u00a0 Some days overflow with obvious gifts, though.\u00a0 Take Sunday, August 18th for example.\u00a0 This little bundle of joy and happiness was gifted to our family at 1:39pm following a smooth, uneventful pregnancy and delivery.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve heard all the cliches about becoming a grandparent, but I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion there&#8217;s no way to fully explain the feeling.<\/p>\n<p>We are so grateful for Sydney Brooke;\u00a0 for Emily and Dale bringing her into this world, for her health, for what her future holds, and I could go on and on.\u00a0 Our prayers of thanks are inadequate, but they are plentiful and continual.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_794\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-794\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-794\" title=\"IMG_6659\" src=\"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6659-700x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6659-700x480.jpg 700w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6659-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6659.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney Brooke<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_795\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-795\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-795\" title=\"IMG_6682\" src=\"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6682-466x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6682-466x700.jpg 466w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6682-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6682.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney with her Mimi<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_796\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-796\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-796\" title=\"IMG_6701\" src=\"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6701-560x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6701-560x700.jpg 560w, 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