dedicated to all those who love me...

Too much gratitude in my heart right now.

You understand how my morning walking excursions

always get me thinking.

Yesterday Jodee Messina has me in awe

of the fact that I am a grandmother and I

believe that the only reason I am here to have

this wonderful Mumsie life is because so many people

have loved me so much that they would not give up on me,

EVER...

So today I dedicate these words to all those who have loved me

and still love me today:

My parents, my siblings, my nieces and nephews,

Aunts and uncles, cousins.

To my HOBL and my babies

to my KD and to our newest member, Jilly, who makes

this circle come all the way around:

BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME

I DON'T KNOW HOW I SURVIVED

IN THIS COLD AND EMPTY WORLD FOR ALL THIS TIME

I ONLY KNOW THAT I'M ALIVE

BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME.

WHEN I RECALL WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH

THERE'S SOME THINGS

THAT I WISH I DIDN'T DO

NOW I DO THE THINGS I DO

BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME

AND NOW THAT YOU'RE IN MY LIFE

I'M SO GLAD I'M ALIVE

'CAUSE YOU SHOWED ME THE WAY

AND I KNOW NOW HOW GOOD IT CAN BE

BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME.

I BELIEVE IN THINGS UNSEEN

I BELIEVE IN THE MESSAGE OF A DREAM

AND I BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU ARE

BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME

WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALL MY SOUL

I'M LOVING YOU AND I NEVER WILL LET GO

AND EVERYDAY I'LL LET IT SHOW

BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME