How do I say good-bye to my friend.  How do I tell her that I love her, that I have loved every moment I have spent with her.  How do I know she understands that today I do the very best I can for her and let her go.  I hold her in my arms as her life slips away and I pray my love goes with her as she turns toward the arms of the Lord.

In silence I remember my great friend, Penny, whose love and loyalty enriched my life beyond compare....

“And when she is silent, your heart ceases not to listen to her heart; For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.

“When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in her may be clearer in her absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

“And let there be no purpose in friendship save for the deepening of the spirit.”  Kahill Gibran

Good-by Penny, good-bye....