“America, the Beautiful,” Bates’s poem, set to music ... D.C. The Civil War broke out when Katie was still a baby. She hadn’t yet turned six when John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln.

The poem was written in response to a now-viral ... "Aww adorable, beautiful gesture for a beautiful baby," PooGhost said. M.K. West added: "The wholesome moment I didn't know I needed." ...

And those baby names made perfect ... As for daughter Poetry, "We just thought that the feeling it gives you when you hear it and say it is so beautiful and she's so beautiful, so it fits her ...

When I read the poem “Heaven’s Very Special Child ... To be blessed with such a beautiful and exceptional girl who would forever change our entire focus on life was truly a gift.