my Christmas card to you, Gentle Reader.

was singing this today on the way to work. made me cry. but, there's not much that doesn't make me cry lately. stress? perhaps.

the digression train has pulled in the station. again.

but i love this song. the lyrics are so powerful, yet simple. so picture me, belting songs out at the top of my lungs, and sobbing like a fiend.

so...from the soundtrack of "Wicked", to you. my thanks for hanging with me this year, and let's do it all again next year. whaddya say?

"For Good"

I've hear it said

that people come into our lives, for a reason

bringing something we must learn

and we are led

to those who help us most to grow

if we let them

and we help them in return.

Well, i don't know if i believe that's true,

but i know i'm who i am today, because i knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit, as it passes a sun

like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood -

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

But because i knew you

i have been changed for good.,

Well it may be

that we may 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 rewritten mine

from being my friend

Like a ship blown from its mooring

by a wind off the sea

like a seed dropped by a skybird

in a distant wood.

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

But because i knew you

i have been changed for good.

Thanks for the present of your friendship.