Thank you so much for giving me some really terrific sentiments to cheer up my friend. Your responses were overwhelming. I ended up using a quote from
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/top/ . I plan on using several more of the ideas in later cards (as I think this breakup will require several cards over a long period of time). Here's what I came up with:

The inside of the card reads:
but then again, you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece.On an unrelated note, sorry for the lack of postings this month. I've been working non-stop since last month.....good thing "the man" gave me a promotion & more $$. :)