My father's favorite lines-
Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun,
To have lived light in the spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done;
To have advanced true friends, and beat down baffling foes--
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I post this not because I want to show off--well only a little--but because I want all those struggling on the borders to take heart.
If I can do it, so can you. Below--fabric design Kyi Kaung on Spoonflower.
