It was like they said it was. Yesterday I was there, today I am here. Much has passed since then, but the joys that lay ahead make me long for many yesterdays yet to come. Like a new day, fresh, unchallenged, bright, new. Your love has carried me on.

This was all I needed to keep going. But in time I would come to know differently. What a wonderful surprise you were. A journey with endless joy, mared only by fatigue. Keeping up with you has been the most rewarding effort of my life.

I have always been like that. I have heard that "the more we change the more we remain the same." How true, how true! But what a wonderful journey. Trading for something else does not come into the picture for a second. Been like that, would not change.

Memories of you are like the sweet taste of spring. How I marveled at your sweet innocense and complete focus. Loving you has been an unblemished complete joy. Looking back this journey has been my most rewarded accomplishment. A joyful richly blessed time period in the life of a person not always so grateful. The door is always open for you to leave for the last time. And when that day comes I wish you the best life ever, and may God richly reward and bless you in all the days of your life. Ochoco