Counting my blessings
I count my blessings every day I live
to have the love of friends in life that care
for their unselfish love to me they give
in times of grief their prayers with me they share.
With special friends since youth that I have known
and some I made on site true friendships stand;
with spiritual friends the bond has grown
and mates I have around me close at hand.
Although some stay awhile then sadly leave
and, without reason, disappear from sight,
the time they spend now gone - no use to grieve;
they touch our souls then vanish like the night.
Hold dear to all your special friends with care;
for ever precious are the dreams you share.
Joan Benecke Oct 30th 2006
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To all my friends on AP
and my special friends.
Written October 30th, 2006
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written a long time ago
but none the less still relevant today. I'm new to this group so am only now reading some of the poems here. Thank you for an enjoyable introduction not withstanding the subject of the poem.
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This is a lovely piece of poetry. To have a single friend is a great blessing, and you are surrounded by many who love you and consider you their friend. Your love and gratitude is felt in this beautiful write. I enjoyed it very much.
Thank you for stopping in and reading "Booblez". I appreaciate your kind words. It was such a pleasure to have you read it. Thank you.
Sam
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No truer words spoken with such clarity.
"Although some stay awhile then sadly leave
and, without reason, disappear from sight,
the time they spend now gone - no use to grieve;
they touch our souls then vanish like the night."
I really enjoyed the read and have to agree that there are many chapters in our lives as there are souls that come and go some welcome some unexpected but they all leave thier impressions on the delicate tapestry of our lives.
I like it, I like it so!
Glad I stopped by and read this wonderfull poem.
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Thank you for reading my poem, I appreciate it and am glad you like it.
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I must admit that I am starting to like the sonnet and need so spend a little energy getting that form into my mindset. My poetry is a mixed bag some read like rants and others like sad melancholy it all depends on my mood.
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If you visit this Poet who has been teaching me how to write Sonnets you'll learn a lot, he is the Master Sonnet writer, look through his lists.
http://allpoetry.com/hugh%20wyles you won't regret it.
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Imagining the very large group
that lists you as a
most special blessing!
M-C
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this is very beautiful written for all your spiritually love friends beautifully done
love pauline
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Precious memories. They always fade away slowly. our friends fade away and we orselves fade away as well.
When I look back at my life I see mostly figures of the evnts. They seems tobe real yet when I try to get closer they are dissapearing. I know the history of important events in my life yet those events are not the events that happened. Ghosts. Guess thats what they are.
But what is a thing that is real then? The moment we live now and here is not really something that exists as it goes either will happen or have happened.
And so time goes. And so we go along with it. But we have feelings. Feleings for ghosts taht make them true? Maybe thats the reality what we need? Who knows, who knows...
A nice poem here. Yet I dont think that its the memories that make the friends orf riendship so dear. Without the feeling those would be empty figures in the dessert. Thus I think that we should hold onto the feeling. The feeling that binds us with others. Making us a little less lonlely. And a little more true. -
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Hi Gedis
Well My friend, you are one person I never forget. No matter how long you stay away. I have missed you and our chats on MSN I hope you are well.
Loveya
Joan
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Awwww !
This is great and you have put such feeling into it. I can understand wanting to write something for your AP friends and I must agree that I have met so many lovely people here. Well done on this one. You are a gifted and genuine person and I have enjoyed our chats here 
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Wonderful
Outstanding rhythm and rhyme to this piece, very thought provoking and yet it leaves you with a wonderful feeling at the conclusion of the read because your message. I appreciate life everyday, with loss I have experienced I learned early on that you simply never know when you last contact with someone will be, so savor the moments, let the little stuff brush off and take in deep living breath's! Thanks for sharing a wonderful write, this, my pleasure to read and bookmark with your permission of course. ~Tia
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Thank you Tia
Dear Tia,
I suffered the loss of my son the week before I wrote this Sonnet, he was 38, so now I cherish every friendship and family much more as you never know when they'll be gone. I'd be honoured to have you bookmark it. If you look in my lists under Brian you will see the Sonnet's I wrote for him. Thank you for commenting I really appreciate your stopping by.
Love Joan
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Dear Chis, You my special friend will always have a place in my heart, just as all my special friends have.
Huggers
Joan
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Ah but dearest Joan,
When I count my blessings I count you twice
Cause you’re a special person, who’s extra nice
Friends like yourself, are much like to a Doctor, you ever bring smiles and good cheer to endless a heart. It’s easy to see where inspiration for this poem arises my friend? Huggers. -
Thank you very much.
Joan
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Bravo!
Very nicely and very deftly done poem! Bravo! -
Darling Pixie, you my dear friend are also one of my most precious and special friend, you are my forever friend my sweet Texas Angel. Thank you for your lovely comment.
Love AAAJ
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AHHH Gypsy, you bring a smile to my face with your lovely comments. OK I won't tell anyone.
You are very special to me my friend, I hope you know that coz I'll keep telling you.
Love Joan
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Dear Damon, thank you for your lovely comment. I believe our conversations these past few days helped me to write it, as it made me realize how close I came to losing you, and after losing Brian so suddenly it would've been too much to handle my American friend. Good friends are precious and I consider you among my special friends. Take care of yourself Damon I want you around for a lot of years, no more scaring us.
Love from your Australian friend.
Joan
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Joan this is a beautiful poem. I love it and wondered as I read it if our emails the last few days had anything to do with it having been written. Will you let me know please?
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There really is nothing like true friendship. I truly believe it can mend hearts, bridge waters and build the heart and courage of a lion in the meekest of us all. This is just beautifully done Joan and speaks volumes! To be honest, it make me tear up
But you know I'm a sap...just don't tell anyone I'm not mean and evil ok? Love ya heaps my friend Gypsy
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Beautifully written by a beautiful poet
I will always consider you one of my most special and precious friends. You and I DO share our dreams and we DO both care. (((BIG HUGS AND KISSES from your friend in Dallas, Texas))) 
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brilliant caring love
dearest friend in light this is just so beautiful and those that leave touched you within but darling believe you would have left a big chuck of love inside of them believe me as I know you and hugged you and you are a very special virgo lady to me why your birthday is the same as my son azza and the magic of the seed of him was planted at christmas time like you with your parents life so you are spring babies and theres lots of spring in you both yes counting all your blessings
Love and a big HUG
Pauline }}}}
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Thank you Sweetpea,
Yes I agree, some folks come into our lives but for reasons unknown to us they leave, some have such an impact on our lives their memories linger. The lifelong friends are real treasures to have.
Love Joan
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Dear Joan, your third quatrain expresses a thought I had yesterday, how friends fall silent and disappear. We don't know why that happens, and you are probably right that there is no use in grieving. We are better to remember with gratitude what they gave us.
I love your couplet, and generally the sonnet is very good.
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So very true David.
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the older you get the more its the truth!
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Dear Bea,
What you say is so true.
Many people come into our lives, some forever, some for only a short stay. With special friends a mutual understanding grows and developes and a lasting partnership is forged on a basis of love and trust.
Some friendships can be quite longstanding without great closeness in which understanding of each other is fairly superficial but relationship is nevertheless cordial and affectionate.
A few, because of ill-nature, don't even attempt to reach understanding. Suspicious, malicious, spiteful, prejudiced, intolerant or self-opinionated, self-gratifying, proud, over-sensitive and touchy, they soon become difficult to relate to and mutual misunderstandings result in early partings.
It is said that some friends come for a reason, some for a season, some for a lifetime. It is the latter that are most to be treasured and you are one of those special few that I count as a real blessing in my life. Thankyou Bea for having become one of my special friends, for your loyalty, your understanding and your love.
Your sonnet says it all. I would love to add this to the Wyleian collection as number CLXXIV.
Applause, love and hugs, XXX Hugh.
Edited on Oct 30, 4:52 p.m. because ''.
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