Poem to Mary

I wrote this over 20 years ago for a VERY best friend. She just recently found it in her bible.

Here it goes:

YOU'RE A GEM THATS SO RARE

HOW OFTEN DOES ONE FIND

A PERSON SO STRONG, YET SO KIND,

SO LOVING AND GENUINE,

A PERsON WITH FORTITUDE, AMBITION AND DESIRE?

IT'S RARE INDEED TO TRAVEL THROUGH LIFES NARROW PATH;

ENABLED TO CROSS THE PATH OF ANOTHER SO SPECIAL,

WHO COULD BRING ANY ONE PERSON SO MUCH JOY.

I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND, AND FOR THAT YOU ARE A DIAMOND,

MORE PRECIOUS TO ME THAN ANY OTHER GEM, BE IT EMERALDS,

RUBYS OR SAPPHIRES.

FOR IF I SHOULD PASS FROM LIFE TOMORROW, I COULD SAY TODAY:

"YOU ARE A GEM, MY BEST FRIEND, MY CONFIDANT".

OUR FRIENDSHIP IS PURE, AND SO IS RARE,

YOU ARE MY GEM,

MY SPECIAL FRIEND!

Dear Mary: Just want to thank you for enduring our friendship! Thank you for being there for me, understanding my troubles, but not focusing on them. We all have our crosses to bare. You had so much loss, so early in your life. So, for you to be my friend, with always that chance of losing me, makes you a very special person. Most people wouldn't take that risk, but you did. I am forever grateful to have had and continue to have you in my life.

xo, m