Dedicated to my most wonderful husband, Doppy!

If not for you, I would never have had the self-confidence and belief to start on my MA.

If not for you, I would never have had the courage to apply to MOE HQ for a job.

Thank you for believing in me all this while and making me see that if only I try, the sky is the limit.

Thank you for being there with me every single step of the way, dispelling my self-doubts when they rear their ugly heads, giving me a nudge when inertia sets in, encouraging me to persevere when the going is tough and accepting and loving me unconditionally regardless of my successes or failures.

Thank you, for being my best friend.

Love

I love you
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.

I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.

I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;

I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can't help
Dimly seeing there,

And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find

I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple.

Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.

I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good.
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.

You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.

You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,

After all.

~Roy Croft~