Tales of strength and beauty told,

Foundations of friendships that's not sold,

Bonds that bind and never break,

Though all around becomes ever fake,

Sharing and giving in unselfish ways,

Kindness that's embedded in all our days,

Building us up when we fall down,

Producing a smile from our embittered frown,

Greater hope can we yet find,

In the midst of our burdened mind,

All the stronger when we're winning,

Not the end, just the beginning.

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Karen Burns is 49 and lives in Coventry, England and she is a freelance journalist. Her interests are reading, poetry, writing reviews and she has a blog all about her daughter who has an eating disorder.