We wish for you...
We wish for you a rainbow
With your own pot of gold.
We wish for you a cloudless sky
And happiness untold.
We wish for you an ocean breeze
And balmy summer days.
We wish for you to be assured
That you are loved always.
We do not wish a perfect life.
An earthly life has flaws.
We do not wish a straight smooth road,
But curves and hills, because
We wish for you adventures
And dreams that never end.
And most of all We wish for you
Love, joy and peace, Our friend.

The Rose

by Bette Midler

Some say love, it is a river
that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
an endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
and you its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken,
who cannot seem to give,
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been to long,
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong,
just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose.