Through your footsteps I have learned

That life is not what you may expect

Love is always tender and forgiving

Laughter is found everywhere.

Through your actions I have witnessed

That beauty is only skin deep

Pain can only be seen from the heart

And there is nothing you can’t get past.

Through your words I have experienced

The end of forever and the beginning of never

A rewarding lifetime of patience

And all the love one could possibly need.

What I have learned has brought me through

On all the hardships and darkness.

Thank you.