We Need Each Other

"It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime,

So let me say before we part,

So much of me is made of what I learned from you,

You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart;

And now whatever way our stories end,

I know you have re-written mine by being my friend:

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

I do believe I have been changed for the better.

And because I knew you, because I knew you,

Because I knew you, I have been changed for good."

As I sat in church today, my feelings were tender and full of gratitude for the loving relationships I am blessed with. My thoughts took me to (of course!) a song -- "For Good", from the musical Wicked. I can't say it any better than this.

Because of loving friends, I have been changed for good. And I have the handprints on my heart to prove it. Thank you!