AEDM - Day 29, and Some Words about a Friend

I've been working steadily on cards and pictures for this coming weekend's show.

Today I worked on this little fabric landscape. Can you say French knots?

I've also been working on some printed cards as well as a few 

totally handmade cards. I'll share pictures soon. 

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This week I received word that a good friend 

whom I've known for many years passed away 

after a hard battle with lung cancer.

Her name was Peggy and she was a wonderful mother who raised

two beautiful daughters by herself. She was also a dedicated teacher

and school principal who made a big impact on her students and her community.

I had lost contact with Peggy, but she sought me out a couple of years

ago and, after we reconnected, I remembered what a kind and generous 

person she was and what a wonderful sense of humor she had.

We saw each other again this summer - she went out of her way 

to see me and we had a lovely visit with her daughter and two of her grandchildren.

I'm writing this because I will miss her very much and I wish I had kept in 

touch with her over the years. I'm so glad that she found me again.

Her death reminds me not to take friendships for granted. There are so few people

we really connect with in the course of our lives, it is a shame to treat

these special relationships as anything less than the gifts they are.

I wish that I could tell her how grateful I am that she found me again.

Or maybe I just did.

I'll miss you, Peggy.