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Count your garden by the flowers
Never by the leaves that fall;
Count your days by the golden hours,
Don't remember clouds at all.
Count the nights by stars, not shadows,
Count your life by smiles, not tears,
And with joy on every day,
Count your age by friends, not years.
- Author Unknown
(I found this in someone's tag line of a message - if anyone
knows the author, please let me know)



When last I saw her
I remarked how well she looked
And she replied
How good it was to see the sun
For it was spring.
I hadn't noticed
I was so bogged down with work
I never saw these things.
We talked a while
Of nothing in particular
But then chance meetings
Are like that
Nothing in particular
Yet she seemed so pleased
That we had had this little chat
I only thought
That I had more important things
To do.
I never thought of her again
Until today.
My eye caught the name --
"After a long illness patiently borne . . . "

- Sandra Hunter





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