This is for you, My friend. What have you meant to me, my Dear friend? You have been the one I could always come to when I was troubled. The one I could always count on to be by my side, Even when it seemed all hands had turned against me. I never did tell you how grateful I was for that, and now, it seems, this will be my last chance to do so. So now, I say thank you for everything. Thank you, for the long phone calls, Thank you, for believing in me when no one else did. Thank you, for being there when I had the biggest make or break point in my life. Thank you, for not letting me give up my dream of being happy with the man I love. So many things to thank you for that I do not have space to list them all. But above all, thank you for just being you, as that is the greatest gift of them all, knowing that you trusted me enough to show me inside of you. I will miss you so, Kathy, my friend. I will miss ambush-hugging you when your nic comes in the room. I will miss petting your head and scratching you between the ears. I will miss giving you catnip and watching you tear through the room. I will miss the silly sites you would send that would brighten my day just that little bit more. But most of all, I will miss just having you there. Miss knowing that you are just an e-mail away. Miss you, period. Please return to us soon, my beloved friend. For without you, I am incomplete. This is dedicated to my friend Kathy, a wonderful and beautiful woman, inside and out.