<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Bonjour everybody,</div><div><br></div><div>As you all know, my brain is not quite what it should be <sigh> When I read the drool I often think "I must reply", then I completely forget! Sometimes, I do reply, so my case is not totally hopeless!</div><div><br></div><div>Anyways, I wanted to share this poem with those of you who have lost a loved one: recently or not so recently. You are all in my thoughts, even though I do not always respond.</div><div><br></div><div>Hugs, Eleri</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Palatino; color: #070d95"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>I LOVED YOU BEST</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Palatino; color: #070d95"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">So this is where we part, My Friend<br>
And you’ll run on, around the bend,<br>
Gone from sight, but not from mind,<br>
New pleasures there you’ll surely find.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Palatino; color: #070d95"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I will go on, I’ll find the strength,<br>
Life measures quality, not its length.<br>
One long embrace before you leave,<br>
Share one last look, before I grieve.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Palatino; color: #070d95"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">There are others, that much is true,<br>
But they be they, and they aren’t you.<br>
And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,<br>
Will remember well all you’ve taught.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Palatino; color: #070d95"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Your place I’ll hold, you will be missed,<br>
The fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.<br>
And as you journey to your final rest,<br>
Take with you this … I loved you best.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Palatino; color: #070d95"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">A poem written by <b>Jim Willis</b>, <i>sent to me by Margie and Chloe on the second anniversary of Misty's departure to the Bridge.</i></span></p></div></div></body></html>