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Third Anniversary

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Third Anniversary



Princesses stuck in towers, are rescued
by princes or knights with swords
raised and shields shining. But my tower
was built of grief and despair, not
stones. Who could hope to rescue me,
to save me from my own mind?
He was buried, gone from my
world. All alone, lost in thoughts
and memories, I tried to escape.
But no help was to be found,
just trying to live my life,
was becoming nearly impossible.


With a single stroke of fate,
a simple request aimed at everyone,
you walked into my life.
Someone with my same pain,
my same loneliness, a part of my soul
I hadn't known was missing.
Yet, there you were, with a paintbrush
and keyboard as your sword and shield
to help me rescue myself,
and to be there for me when
I finally came out of my self imposed tower
to face the world again.


Sister, friend, and soul mate
was made that day three years ago,
when you responded to my letter
with words of sympathy, hope, and
love. I had found someone I never
knew I lost, but who I can't go on
without again. You complete me
in ways that I never guessed,
and I loved you and knew
you were part of my life,
my soul, and heart,
and my tower fell.
A small gift for :iconmandibrandybuck: on the third anniversary of our friendship. We made first contact on Dec. 2, 2008 and have remained good friends and much more ever since.

I hope you like it Mandi! :heart: :blowkiss: :glomp:
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I keep reading this and it just brings me to joyous tears... but tears of utter horror to think of how easily our chance to come together could have been so easily lost... how unlikely it was for us to come together in a world as large as this; but like the James Taylor song "September Grass," as it goes, "two so small in a world so vast, they found each other down in the grass..."

I love you. I love you because there is no other way than this. You are my heart, my soul, my name, everything that makes up who I am. To say I'm nothing without you is painfully insufficient; you give me strength to keep going and show me that yes, there IS a cosmic reason for everything, and if I had to lose my daddy to get you, well... I know he had to go anyway, but what better ending could I have possibly written than to find my sister soul in you and a kindred soul in dear departed Larry Lee?

I know our daddies are playing golf in heaven right now, watching their beloved daughters as they hold hands and battle through this world, proud of us and happy in the knowledge that we will all be one day reunited; and know that James considers you his daughter, too. He loves you because you love me, that's good enough for him! We are one huge family, and it took the loss of my family member and the gaining of a sister for me to see that.

God bless you and God love you. I certainly do. Thanks again for this gorgeous piece that means more to me than I'll ever have words for.

Big Sissy Mandi