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HAND-CRAFTED<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n \n I come to the holidays, <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n \n And these gifts I share <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n \n (c) barbara kausteklis 12-18-11<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n \n Written for CPC “A Simple Sunday\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n Featuring Our Treasured Friend Mary Margaret.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/75792\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n aaa-simple-sundays-ms-mary-aaa-christmas-<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n gift-hand-hosted-byyy-g-t-beck\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n Thanks always for your visits. Big Hugs.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n Barb HAND-CRAFTED I come to the holidays, my hands open wide, carrying simple gifts to share with family and with friends. I come with words from deep inside, and written down as they flow through this pen I hold in my hand. I come with simple tunes to play upon my fiddle here, with names attached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,42,29],"tags":[63,159,49,4648,41,4,4182],"class_list":["post-75935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friendburst","category-photography","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-cpc","tag-friends-2","tag-mary-margaret","tag-photography","tag-poetry","tag-simple-sunday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nmy hands open wide,
\ncarrying simple gifts to share
\nwith family and with friends.
\nI come with words
\nfrom deep inside,
\nand written down
\nas they flow through
\nthis pen I hold in my hand.
\nI come with simple tunes to play
\nupon my fiddle here,
\nwith names attached
\njust so you know
\nthat they are are meant
\nespecially for you.
\nI come with special snapshots
\ntaken of things I cherish
\nprinted on glossy paper
\nand bound together with love.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
\nas I extend my hand
\nin love and friendship
\nas you\u2019ve extended yours.
\nAnd I come with hopes
\nof sharing a smile
\nand a bit of warmth
\nto carry through next year;
\nI come with a bit of light
\nto brighten the days ahead;
\nand I come to this day
\nwith thanks in my heart
\nfor the love you\u2019ve shared
\nwith me,
\nyour smiles,
\nyour encouragement
\nand friendship shared
\nfrom your heart
\nand from your hand.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
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