FOR
JULIE BALMER and JEHANE HARLEN,

 

friends far away
who have encouraged and supported me
with humour and kindness,
patience and gentleness,
prayed me through
dark times and difficulties,
walked with me in spirit,
listened to my doubts and fears,
reminded me of my faith
and how well placed it is
in a God who,
no matter how bad things look,
will never give up on us,
never desert us,
and brings us through to
new hope, new life, new possibilities.