I thought of you today...
And like a stone tossed into a pond...
That thought caused wave after wave
Of happy memories
To circle through my mind.
And then a smile...
Edged onto my face...



And a burden or two evaporated
from my shoulders...
And I breathed a little deeper...
And my world was a better place...
All because I thought of you today.
--Inspirational Greeting





How Do I Love Thee
Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,--I love thee with breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

--Elizabeth Barrett Browning