Thanks to all of you who have been there for me and my family over these past nine months. My heart is still very heavy and will be for some time, I am sure, but with your help, your notes of encouragement, your e-cards, and your prayers I don't feel so overwhelmed by it all right now. I do appreciate your concern and supporting love. It means so very much to me to know that you are all there for us now. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Betty Lee a.k.a. Nightowl

Hope is......

Hands that reach out or offer up a prayer,
Open arms that greet me in times of despair,
People who love me just as I come dressed,
Everything that I need when I am stressed.

Hearts that open up to let me enter in,
Old friends or new ones that live within,
Personal sharing, when I feel so "at sea",
Every one of these has been a gift to me.

Twice blessed with hope from loving friends,
Hope springs eternal as the depression ends,
All that you have given in words and deeds,
Never go unused as you've filled my needs.
Kindnesses you've shown gratefully I felt;
You've been so near to me as I have knelt
On the spine of the world's own stony back
Until I feel there's nothing that I lack.

And read the first letter of each line here,
Love is hope, hope is love, both are near.
Laughter shall return; I know not when,
So here's a  big (Hug) to last until then!

Betty Lee
 

Peace, and keep those  lights glowing;
you never know when someone else may
need your light to find their way home!

Thank-u2.jpg was created by Betty Lee to be used on this page.
It  is a gift for all of you who have lent me your shoulder lately.
You may copy it and use it however you wish,
and I won't come back to haunt you, either.