For E

This horse was painted for you, E.

Nobility.

Love to you, E. I will miss you.

True nobility is so rare these days. You gave selflessly to your clients and your family. You never complained. You were strong. Noble.

For E, today.

Hope is the thing...


Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.


- Emily Dickinson