i promise

So i'm behind on my new year's resolution.
Isn't that just like me. I'm behind on my christmas cards & thank you notes too.
But look! here I am, blogging. and that's rezzo #1.
I promise.
I started a list today at work...blog ideas.
There is no shortage. I just have to go on down the list! Easy.


First...before any of that, I have to stop. Breathe.
..and remember a beautiful friend, Rozelle Lentjes.
A ray of pure sunlight, who left us just a few days ago, on January first.
She made it through the holidays with her dear & precious family gathered with her, after a year of bravely battling wicked unfair cancer.
I will be forever grateful for her generous spirit, her creativity, her unwavering faith.
My dear friend Jane dedicated her blog on Country Living to Rozelle, and you can read it here,
IN MEMORY OF ROZELLE.
I cannot say it any better.


Last year Rozelle's beautiful pillows were in the windows of ABC Carpet & Home.
This December it was this angel.

Fitting.

Cherish every moment.
Promise to try.

close to you

How crazy is it that two girls from opposite continents should meet, become dearest friends, and in the span of 15 years...marry, visit, love, lose, laugh, cry, unmarry, cherish, create, fall, pick up, live in England, live in California, really love,....then both end up....crazy as it may seem, in KANSAS CITY...with little boys just 6 weeks apart? 4 blocks apart? 

The English one is the amazingly talented Sarah Lugg. Here on Artslice,  is a lovely blog article about her talents. She is modest and amazing and so much more, all wrapped into wonderful. I can't believe I can call her & be in the same time zone, let alone walk over to her HOUSE with my BOY. lucky me.

Vicky is smiling down indeed.