YOU WERE MY VERY FIRST FRIEND,

THROUGH THE LAUGHTER, WORRY, SMILES AND THE TEARS,

A VERY SPECIAL BOND WAS FOREVER FORMED

THAT ONLY GOD COULD HAVE CREATED.

WE SHARED HUGS, KISSES, DISAPPOINTMENTS AND SUCCESSES

YOUR ARMS WERE THERE TO COMFORT ME LIKE NO OTHER

YOU WERE ALWAYS THE ONE I LOOKED UP TO.

I WOULD GLANCE IN YOUR EYES AND SEE

THE PUREST LOVE THAT I COULD EVER KNOW.

AS I LOOK BACK THROUGH THE YEARS

I SEE YOU, ALWAYS BY MY SIDE.

IF I COULD HAVE CHOSEN THE PERFECT MOTHER FOR ME,

I WOULD HAVE PICKED NO OTHER,

I AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF YOU

YOU ARE MY FOREVER FRIEND AND

I LOVE YOU FOR ALWAYS,

"THANK YOU, LORD, FOR CHOOSING HER TO BE MINE"