This poem seems almost to have been written for the three friends (and watch how I count ~ smile) who strengthen my heart ~ there has never been a time when I've been in need of loving words ~ or Jar Jar Binks in the mail ~ words spoken by true friends ~ that you haven't answered His gentle voice urging you to give me a phone call ~ your call helped give me the joy to continue.. Not sure you know just how important your phone call was to me ~ Thank you.

Yes, Noreen ~ you ~ and Bob and Bobby and Alexander ~ I'm so glad your kids wanted to call me today to tell me you'd see me soon ~ I was so great talking with you! And Mrs. Hellers in Heaven and Mr. Hellers who still is the same as I remember you ~ Thanks for being parents who let me know its OK to be me ~ that I'm still liked and loved ...

And Joanie and Charlie ~ Ave Maria! No words are needed ~ you both know I love you... I'm really wanting some Chinese with ya Charlie ~ laugh ~ and don't forget the wine.... hums... I love you both through eternity...

Kayleen and Santiago ~ your parents, brothers and sister's ~ If there ever is a place to go where time and an adobe home healed all wounds.. Thank you ~ for being the place of restful pastures..

Truth be told ~ I love you a ALL through eternity ~ And in Heaven I know we'll all hang out together... Maybe by then I'll be able to sing, Joanie ~ laughs and sings all the louder!

And thank you for always wanting the very best for me, Roma ~ my friend ~ my Carmelite Saint in Heaven ~ uhoh ~ You're there now ~ you might actually be able to convince Him to umm...Oh gosh! Thank you for your prayers ~ please continue helping me by praying for me... You're there ~ you can just tap Him on the shoulder now....

I made this page as a way of saying thanks ~ Thanks to all of you who are helping and encouraging me in web page building and graphics playing ~ Thanks to all the friends who are still friends though you don't often see me online anymore ~ I'm not sure you really know just how important you all are to me...

Chuckle ~ thanks to my friend who's keeps telling me to buy a "real" computer instead of that weird thing called Mac ~ I just talked with you on the phone and told you to look in your e-mailbox when you get home ~ did you know that I was not yet finished? You've been there for me through all the questions, and even offered your husband's help when I asked stuff that you couldn't answer, signed my guestbook more thank once, visited my pages more times than I know...

To my friend who's right there, ready to visit each new page that I make and each tiny little new change that I make ~ and you tell me that I'm good at this stuff ~ Big thanks and massive hugglies! You keep saying that you're fortunate to have me as your friend ~ no, you have it backwards ~ its you who's always giving to me ~ don't you know that I'm the one who's been blessed by your friendship.

To the friend who's been exploring the links on my first homepage, yeah I know the page loads slow yet you never complained ~ you too signed my guestbook more than once... thanks! To my friend who spent one morning going through my Silent Night ~ Christmas Reflections... Wow! You went through all 12 ~ laugh ~ or was it 11 pages.. they may not be my 'best' pages ~ but they're dearest to my heart because they really helped Christmas come alive in my heart once again...

Thanks to my friend who, when I told him what I was doing with my scanner, told me his company was sending him to school to learn about what I was already doing... From there an idea took shape and is still being formed... thanks so much for everything and for being the first, just about the only, one to use the email link on my page ~ I wish it had worked for you... And thanks to the friend who listened to me tell him that the link wasn't working and went to my page just to test the mail link for me... You're still there checking out and changes that I make. Thanks even to the friend who really isn't ~ this page is a peace offering ~ to let you know that all is well.

To my friend who never said my original page loaded too slowly, so it stinks ~ instead showed me your own website with building links on it, so that I may learn. And yeah ~ you handled the "tech" questions I had like ~ Ok, I have the first page made, so now how do I make and get to a page two??? And I asked that question for about 2 weeks! It took me that long to understand your answer.. I think I'm understanding a bit more these days.

Oh! And I can't forget to say thank you to Elaf, and his cute little feetsies ~ tickle, who managed to understand my every question, no matter how badly the questions were phrased because of knowing so little ~ thanks for every answer that you gave me ~ explained so clearly that I could easily understand how to do it...

Special thanks to new friends I made while making web pages ~ Mary, the artist who designed the beautiful graphics for my Silent Night pages.. you are so much more than just a friend and inspiration to me to keep on working with graphics.. and thank you for your prayers... And Jennifer... who lives in earthly paradise... Hawaii ~ Thank you for sharing your life and faith with us on the web... and a special thank for sharing the word play on the meaning of Valentine with me ~ and for signing my guestbook and more... And much love is sent to Maria in Mass ~ I love your beautiful openness ~ And 'Mom' In Heaven, Heavens Queen, must love you very much ~ for the love Our Lady gives in Medjugorje is reaching your heart so deeply. And special thanks to you, my good friend, for being my friend, and talking about all the heavy things in life with me.. I'm talking with you in IMs right now...

And though I know there are so many more incidents I could recall here ~ but my mom's on the phone ~ and it really is time, space wise too, to end this thanks ~ almost...

And thank you mom for sitting down at my computer, every time you come over to my home, just to look at the pages I made and the graphics I've been playing with ~ yeah, I know that's not what you came over here for ~ hugs ~ and thanks for listening to my hopes and dreams...