[tabitha]

I love you not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you.

I love you not only for what you have
made of yourself, but for what you are
making of me.

I love you because you have done more
than any creed could have done to make
me good, and more than any fate could
have done to make me happy.

You have done it without a touch, without
a word, without a sign.

You have done it by being yourself.
Perhaps that is what being a friend means,
after all.