Christine Marie Valentine

to Shobe dear...

I Carry Your Heart With Me

EE CUMMINGS

I carry your heart with me
I carry it in my heart
I am never without it
Anywhere I go you go, my dear;
And whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling

I fear no fate for you are my fate, my sweet
I want no world for beautiful you are my world, my true

And it's you are whatever a moon has always meant

And whatever a sun will always sing is you

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows

Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

And the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
Which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide

And this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart

I carry it in my heart.

***this was the poem that Maggie, (played by Cameron Diaz in the movie In Her Shoes) read during the wedding of her sister, Rose (played by Toni Collette)

Tintin,

Our relationship as sisters is less than perfect

We had our share of kicks, fights and bashing

Its a surprise that we don't look anything alike

Shoe size we don't share

Much about everything in life, we don't have in common

For most of our lives, we hated each other's guts

And tried to stay out of each other's business

We shared our secrets with our respective circle of friends

But never with each other

Our family always prayed for the day that we'll end up the best of friends

And for a brief time, we came together as sisters

Ending up being thick as thieves

Sharing life's ups and downs

Opening up like buds to full bloom

Just in time...

For we didn't know that soon after

We will be continents apart

Ending up wishing and praying

That time together had been longer, richer

Regretting all the wasted time

When we made our vows of marriage

We failed to be "maids of honor" of each other

When we crossed over to motherhood

We couldn't just trade mommy stories as easily

And we pined for each other

Now, older and wiser

We pray and wish,

That we can move mountains

So that one day,

We can wake up to find ourselves together again...

Sis,
"I carry your heart

I carry it in my heart", always...

Advanced Happy Birthday!!! Love you!!!

---- ate Cathee