This is what she wrote to me when I was going through such a difficult time years ago. It still hangs on my wall:

Triumph and Resurrection

"Beyond the divine...someone else saw me...
showed me the blessings I already possess..
Held me tenaciously 'till I could see for myself
the wholesomeness of becoming whole...
and I am a big ball of learning since.

My heart expands to greet life anew each day with appreciation
My mind opens like a well loved biography...
and I get to grow
My soul is in the safe hands
of thee most wondrous caretaker...
nudging me gently forward into living and loving
as far as is humanly possible."
(by Popea)

Thank you Poppie, maybe now you know how much your presence and your words have always meant to me, and how this particular gift of your heart became a warm and comforting light in my own darkness. Be at peace, Pauline.
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When you don't like a thing, change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

(Maya Angelou)