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You’ve shared your courage, your faith, and your lore,
And so now we would like to return them once more,
They’re a little bit battered, and scratched here and there,
But we all got together just to show you we care.

We thought one of the ways we could show what you mean,
Would be giving you back things we got from you, clean!
So we gathered them up. There was oh so much stuff,
But you’d given it first. We can’t thank you enough!

Now as I looked around to make sure of the count,
The thought came to me, ‘That is quite an amount!’
We’ve taken, and borrowed, and used you a lot,
Why I can’t recall any time you forgot,

To be patient, and helpful, and to cheer us all up,
As if you had a job giving love in a cup.
So we bring you this hoard we’ve been keeping a while,
And we’ll only depart with one more pleasant smile,

If that’s not too much asking and taking and all,
For we realize now, what you took was so small.
You had borrowed my ear for some timely advice,
(And I’m sorry that you then had to tell me it twice.)

And you took our complaints and you turned them around,
Just to show us what miracles our lives had found.
You’ve been like a mother for many a year,
We just want to remind you, we need you right here!

The Lord may have need of your services soon,
But we’re hoping He’ll grant us one teensy wee boon,
Let us keep you around for a little while more,
And we’ll bring you back soon just as good as before!

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 24, 2006