This page is dedicated to my best friend Xiomara. I hope everyone is able to have a friend like I do in her.

THE FRIEND WHO JUST STANDS BY

When trouble comes your soul to try,

You love the friend who just "standsby."

Perhaps there's nothing she can do-

The thing is strictly up to you;

For there are troubles all your own,

And paths the soul must tread alone;

Times when love cannot smooth the road

Nor friendship lift the heavy load,

But just to know you have a friend

Who will "stand by" until the end,

Whose sympathy through all endures,

Whose warm handclasp is always yours-

It helps, someway, to pull you through,

Although there is nothing she can do.

And so with fervent heart you cry,

"God bless the friend who just 'stands by'!"

---B.Y. WILLIAMS

THANKS YOU XIO FOR ALL THE JOY AND KINDNESS YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME AND MY SON. YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND!

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