It didn't occur to me at the time, but the other thing The Gift could be about is SHAUN'S baby girl Jayde. How she's such a precious gift to him, but he hasn't had the time to treasure her, because of his addictions & all his touring. When other people brought up the music video, & a little girl, that's when I started putting 2 & 2 together. Jayde was born in December of 2001, so she'd be about the right age now to have been in the video. Someone mentioned a 5-year-old girl, so that would put her at just about the right age when the song was released. She's 6 now, so actually, she'd have been closer to 4 when the video was done.
As a sidenote, he used to drive around in their touring RV with a pic of her on the dashboard. Since they've upgraded to a bus, I don't doubt that he's still carrying that pic with him. Such a wonderful man...(sigh)
It didn't occur to me at the time, but the other thing The Gift could be about is SHAUN'S baby girl Jayde. How she's such a precious gift to him, but he hasn't had the time to treasure her, because of his addictions & all his touring. When other people brought up the music video, & a little girl, that's when I started putting 2 & 2 together. Jayde was born in December of 2001, so she'd be about the right age now to have been in the video. Someone mentioned a 5-year-old girl, so that would put her at just about the right age when the song was released. She's 6 now, so actually, she'd have been closer to 4 when the video was done. As a sidenote, he used to drive around in their touring RV with a pic of her on the dashboard. Since they've upgraded to a bus, I don't doubt that he's still carrying that pic with him. Such a wonderful man...(sigh)