I offer this poem, Lady Kenzie Lou,
in honest, heartfelt joy to welcome you.
I have had the high privilege of your mother's
friendship---a blessing to me, and to others
she knows. And you will be a blessing, too.
And though this old world may seem strange and new
at first, you will find love and poetry---
and these, foremost, among your family.
Starward
*(/+/)^