TO; THE DEAREST THREE THAT NEVER EVER LOOKED
DOWN ON ME..
STOOD BESIDE ME IN MY TIMES OF NEED, HELPED ME
KILL A GROWING SEED....
WATCHED AS MY LIFE TURNED AROUND, PICKED ME UP
WHEN I FELL DOWN.....
NEVER JUDGES ME FOR THE THINGS I DID, NEVER
LOOKED DOWN ON ME AS A KID...
WITH ALL THE MISTAKES I MADE, THEY STILL STOOD
BY ME EACH NIGHT AND DAY...
NOT TO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FAMILY LIKE MINE,
BELIEVE ME PEOPLE LIKE THEM ARE HARD TO FIND....
SO I WRITE THIS THANK YOU NOTE;
TO; MY MOTHER, WHO LOVED ME EACH AND EVERY DAY,
MY DADDY, WHO ALWAYS KNOWS THE RIGHT THINGS TO SAY,
MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO BELIEVED IN ME ALL THE WAY...
I FEEL I HAVE SOME WORDS TO YOU TO SAY; THANK YOU
FOR LOVING ME THROUGH ALL THE MESS,I'M SO SORRY
I CAUSED YOU ALL THAT STRESS...THANK YOU FOR BEING
THERE WHEN KNOW ONE ELSE WAS..I KNOW IN MY HEART NOW
THAT'S WHAT FAMILY DOES...I KNOW THAT I LIED,MADE
YOU CRY,TURN AWAY FROM YOU,IT WAS THE ADDICTION
I KNOW NOW THAT'S TRUE...THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE
WHEN I FINELY CAME TO..
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME EVEN THOUGH I HURT YOU..
I LOOK NOW THROUGH YOUR EYES...THE TRUTH I
FINELY CAME TO REALIZE...THANK YOU FOR WAITING
EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK SO LONG, THANK YOU FOR BEING
THERE WHEN MY MIND WAS GONE..
THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME RIGHT FROM WRONG...
NOW I KNOW WHY YOU STOOD BY ME SO LONG..
I AM A GOOD PERSON WITH A HEART FILLED WITH LOVE..
SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO REALIZE, I LOCKED AWAY THE REAL
ME..FROM MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS I NOW SEE....
FAMILY IS ALWAYS THERE NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH..
AND FOR ALL OF THIS I THANK AND LOVE YOU..
FOR BEING THERE MY WHOLE LIFE THROUGH.....
DEDICATED TO;
MY MOTHER LIZZ CRAINE
MY FATHER HERB CRAINE
MY GRANDMOTHER THERESA LUTZ
THE THREE STRONGEST PEOPLE I KNOW,
THE THREE THAT LIFTED FROM THE LIFE
I LIVED, AND MADE ME THE STRONG WOMAN
AND MOM I AM TODAY..
THANK YOU; YOUR DAUGHTER
AND GRAN DAUGHTER
RENEE A. LOMBARDO
ADDICTION SURVIVOR
