This is for one of my dearest friends, who lost her best friend on Saturday, and faces one of the hardest days of her life tomorrow.

I know how much your friend meant to you; I've heard it in your voice, glimpsed it in your eyes, and seen it so clearly in your smile whenever you mentioned her. Love, affection, friendship, it's all there.

I can't imagine how you must be feeling. What I can say is how much I'm thinking of you now.