{"id":7024,"date":"2025-02-21T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspirebyonika.com\/?p=7024"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:25:33","slug":"near-and-dear-to-my-heart-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspirebyonika.com\/?p=7024","title":{"rendered":"Near and Dear to My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Near and Dear to My Heart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"869\" data-attachment-id=\"7027\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inspirebyonika.com\/?attachment_id=7027\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirebyonika.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image.png?fit=683%2C1023&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"683,1023\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirebyonika.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image.png?fit=580%2C869&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirebyonika.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image.png?resize=580%2C869&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirebyonika.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image.png?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirebyonika.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Near and Dear <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">beautiful to see<br>love, warmth, kindness, protection<br>only moms possess<br>keeping offspring safe, happy<br>indeed, the eyes tell it all<br><br><\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__supports-newline wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__use-newline wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/inspirebyonika.com\/?post_type=post&#038;p=7024\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: 15px 23px 15px 23px;margin-top: 10px;border-radius: 16px;border-width: 1px; background-color: #113AF5; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; margin-left: 0\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Near and Dear to My Heart is in response to <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeafter50forwomen.com\/2025\/02\/17\/what-do-you-see-276-17-february-25\/\">Sadje&#8217;s prompt<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credit: Leandra Rieger on Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Near and Dear to My Heart beautiful to seelove, warmth, kindness, protectiononly moms possesskeeping offspring safe, happyindeed, the eyes tell it all Near and Dear to My Heart is in response to Sadje&#8217;s prompt. 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