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Gratitude

Life doesn’t always go according to plan
I know you will always be by my side
Need you as a soup sister in my life

Let’s hope we meet for real one day
Always supporting me on and off soup
Nothing is too much trouble for you
Expert advice, I appreciate you so much

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2023

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Robert Lindley Date: 6/30/2023 5:58:00 PM A very lovely tribute to our friend Lin Lane. And truth is versed out for her! A fav my friend. God bless.. Login to Reply

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 6/30/2023 12:45:00 PM What a beautiful tribute to Lin Lane - she sounds like a wonderful person and friend. blessings galore, Jennifer. Login to Reply

Paula Goldsmith Date: 6/30/2023 11:15:00 AM Congratulations on your win. A wonderful Acrostic write/tribute. A good friend is better than gold. In life we do not get many real true friends. You are blessed to have each other. Have a blessed day/weekend.................... Login to Reply

Lisa Ricci Date: 6/30/2023 10:13:00 AM Hello Jan. This is a wonderful tribute to Lin Lane coupled with wonderful execution of the acrostic format. Your entry flowed. Best wishes for the contest. Have a wonderful weekend. Blessings always (smile) Login to Reply

Bj Legros Kelley Date: 6/28/2023 12:24:00 PM What a precious tribute to an amazing sweet poetess, she has reached out and blessed me so much. <3 Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/29/2023 12:34:00 PM How kind of you, BJ. You are such a sweetheart. Thank you. Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2023 12:42:00 PM I have to agree 100% Lin is amazing BJ, thanks for dropping by to comment xx

Arlo Parker Date: 6/27/2023 5:08:00 PM Neither cowardly nor jealous, just an admirer of wonderful poetic talent. Friendship can sometimes be misconstrued or seen as shallow and trite (on PS, too). Good you and Lin have striven beyond such petty poop. I expect to see a Jan Tribute from LL soon. =;o) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2023 7:59:00 AM Lin is and has been a tower of strength to me both on and off soup, it is down to her encouragement and Tania's limerick contests which have brought me back to writing and posting again after nearly a 9 month absence. jan xx

Paul Callus Date: 6/27/2023 11:53:00 AM I love this tribute to Lin. She has had her fair share of ordeals in life, but has shown strength of character al along. Hugs // paul Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/28/2023 8:33:00 AM Hugs for your kindness, Paul. Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2023 7:57:00 AM Lin has become such a treasured friend as you are Paul - at least we have had the joy of meeting each other, perhaps one day i will get to the US there are so many poets I would love to meet:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer Date: 6/26/2023 11:59:00 AM a lovely and touching tribute, jan! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2023 7:56:00 AM We will have to have a soup get together if I ever get to the US, you and I have spoken often would be so lovely to meet:-) hugs jan xx

Mark Koplin Date: 6/26/2023 10:25:00 AM This is a nice gesture for our friend, Jan. Lin has helped me and lots of other poets with her suggestions and encouraging comments. David's right about her talent as a poet. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/28/2023 8:34:00 AM ;-) Mark Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2023 7:54:00 AM Can't agree with you more Mark, Lin is an exceptional poetess and we can always rely on her advice and also her support in other aspects of life away from soup:-) hugs Jan xx

Deb M Date: 6/26/2023 6:03:00 AM How lovely for you both Jan..you are lucky to have found each other on P.S….l do hope you get to meet each other one day in real life! Lovely tribute to Lin! Debx Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2023 7:52:00 AM I have been so lucky to meet several poets from soup but there are many more I would love to meet. Perhaps one day I will venture across the pond! hugs Jan xx

David Kavanagh Date: 6/26/2023 12:39:00 AM What a lovely tribute Jan, sometimes life throws up a soulmate, and you’ve found one here on the soup, we all need a helping hand when navigating through this place, and none better than Lin to show us around, cheers David Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/28/2023 8:31:00 AM All of you are special to me. Thank you for so often rallying around me and giving me the support and confidence to keep writing. Hugs! Jan Allison Date: 6/28/2023 7:51:00 AM Well said all, Lin is a top class poetess, I think you are right its petty jealousy - no one need be jealous of my output its mainly crap lol:-) hugs Jan xx Tania Kitchin Date: 6/26/2023 6:41:00 PM David and mark, I agree, Lin has all of our support, the cowardly jealous poets are outnumbered! David Kavanagh Date: 6/26/2023 10:32:00 AM Here here! Mark Koplin Date: 6/26/2023 10:27:00 AM They can try David, but Lin can handle the stones thrown at her by those cowards and she has backup with all of us behind her. David Kavanagh Date: 6/26/2023 4:07:00 AM They won’t bring Lin down, she’s far too good a poet, only lesser and jealous poets may try, but she has nothing to fear from these anonymous cowards! Jan Allison Date: 6/26/2023 3:46:00 AM Thank you David, Lin has been a tower of strength to me both on and off soup especially last year when my life was so challenging. Sadly there are still some people posting on the site who are trying to bring her down so I hope this poem shows solidarity. hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/25/2023 10:44:00 PM So sweet, Jan. You made her day with this. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/26/2023 3:44:00 AM I hope Constance Likes it! I asked Lin's permission to use her picture and I am so pleased she said yes because I could then write the poem!:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/25/2023 5:15:00 PM - Lovely written for your friend, Lin, Jan :) - Luck in the contest :) - hugs Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/26/2023 3:43:00 AM thanks Anne-Lise:-) hugs jan xx

Tania Kitchin Date: 6/25/2023 4:40:00 PM Jan, a sweet poem and tribute to Lin. Hugs Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/26/2023 3:42:00 AM Tania, YOU are the reason I came back to writing and posting on soup again, so a massive thank you to you too:-) hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane Date: 6/25/2023 4:10:00 PM Jan, my sweet island friend. We've been like sisters to each other almost from the day we met nearly 8 years ago. We've helped each other through so many family and personal trials that we're bonded together as if we are fleshly sisters. I love you for this Acrostic tribute. Thank you is hardly saying enough about how much it means to me. Hugs for you, Chick!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/26/2023 3:42:00 AM aww Lin you have been such an amazing support to me throughout my time on soup but especially over recent years with all the trauma of mum:-) hugs Jan xx

Terry Flood Date: 6/25/2023 3:44:00 PM Always good to know who’s got your back, Jan. Lin will be chuffed. Terry Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/25/2023 3:46:00 PM She sure has been an amazing support to me Terry both on and off the site:-) hugs Jan xx