“This time last year I was down in the dumps. Feeling cynical and blue. Then someone, unaware of my circumstances, reached in and pulled me out of my slump, and they don’t even know it. I laughed out loud for the first time in a long time, sometimes to the point of tears, I sang my heart out in the car until my throat hurt-and had to get it checked by a doctor- and before I knew it, hope was a new flavor, and it tasted sweet!”
This piece is dedicated to my sweetener.