I hope you danced in the rain too

I would say something, but I"m too busy pondering... thanks for a ponder-full post.

Good questions and thoughts. Maybe we should all memorize it.

Vic, yes. Always.

It's a ponderful day, I think.

Happy New Year, Ladies.

Great post, thanks, Sharon!!

Wonderful post, Sharon and a Happy New Year to you. May it be healthy, happy and safe.

Happy New Year right back to you, Pegi.
I hope it's the best year ever for you and for all of us

As you know, this New Years Eve has found me rather emotional. Lots to think about today. Lots to remember.

What you've written is right on. You always seem to know. What would I do if you weren't there for me? I appreciate you and I love you.

Nancy,

As you can see I posted this last night, just after midnight. I couldn't for the life of me understand why I wrote it last night. It was on my mind to write something for tonight, but the words were already there.

So maybe they were for you when you needed them.
I hope so.

Your friend had a long and lovely life and I know she was blessed by the beauty of yours in her final years. That was your gift to her, Nancy, and she was blessed to have it.

It's a new day, a new year tomorrow.
It's good to have friends like you.

Nancy, it sounds as if you've lost someone close and dear to you. I'm so sorry. Hugs to you dear friend.

Thank you, Sharon and all.

The lady to whom I have been a companion for the last almost 10 years passed away this morning. She was 97, only 3 months from 98. She was in a nursing home, and I have kept Sharon updated periodically with her life (such as it was). I am okay with the fact that she is indeed in Heaven. But my own life will be a little emptier without her.

For years, she would say, "I don't know why the Lord is keeping me here on earth for so long." I would tell her every time, "He's keeping you here for me."

I am so sorry for your loss.

We're never ready to let our loved ones go, no matter how old they are. Praying for peace on your heart.

Beautiful expression of your personal experience and feelings, Sharon. As always, I'm inspired. This should be published with your book

So sorry for your loss, Nancy. You must have had a very close and rewarding, caring relationship with your friend. She passed on at the same age my Grandmother Floie passed. An age where she probably out lived those who loved her, too. She's with them now! ... and I know you'll miss her.

Happy New Year all. This year I'm more optimistic and eager to see the ball drop than in previous decades. Dunno why. Maybe because it's been so tough on so many souls on this Earth.

Auld Lang Syne.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Thank you all again. It's so nice to hear kind words from dear friends. Even ones I've never met.

Reminds me of a woman I once knew casually when I was younger. She had been blind from birth. One day as I left her (I was moving from Louisville to WKY and wouldn't see her often anymore) she said, "Would you mind if I touched your face before you leave?"

I didn't mind at all, and after, she said: "I like to 'see' my beautiful friends."

So even if we haven't met our friends here, Nancy, we can all 'see our beautiful friends' through their words.
See???

Yes, I "see."

Nancy, I am so sorry for your loss. No matter how much we understand that it WILL happen; it still hits us hard. Believe that she was needed elsewhere now.

Sharon, thank you. It seems this is too emotional a time for me right now & I can not write more.

Anni