
I am moved this first day of the new year to send you a message of love and thanks.
Through this year just gone I have come to count you my dear friend. I have found your
love folded "in every leaf." And it grows
to be a need for me to let you know how
much joy and strength you have given me—and through me to others
who did not know you till I took
you to them.
Since I found my beloved Socrates no one has spoken such sane and manly words to me as you.
And you are in this world with me and it seems ungrateful to take so much in silence.
I want you to know that you have
helped another human being, who returns you love for the help
and thanks you beyond expressing for "that blithe throat of thine."
Dear friend may the new year be blessed and beautiful in all it brings to you.
Gratefully Yours Elizabeth R. Coffin