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Sail on Silver Girl

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When you're weary Feeling small When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all I'm on your side When times get rough And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Some posts come to me in a flash. I hear a song or think of a recent event and they are there just waiting to be written.  Very few are thought out and planned far in advance.  This is the latter.  I saw this one coming far before I began to write a blog or we knew anything about Pompe.  I saw it coming the first time I watched her walk away. The strange thing is I encouraged her to do this twice.   Both times I made a promise to always be there for her. The difference this time is she's not coming home for an afternoon snack and a nap.   The first time was elementary school.  This time it's college. During Emma's graduation party, a good friend of mine told me he realized some time ago that he was