the loss of a dear friend.............

I have tried several different times to find the words to make this post. I have pondered back and forth as to what I should say and finally decided on this.

Some of you already know that we have lost a beloved friend and fellow blogger...... Retha, from A Window To The Past Blog and (the now closed web site) Cinnamon Creek Primitives was murdered this week.

I can't find the words to describe how I feel. Such a huge shock for all of us who knew her. Her husband has been charged and is in jail with no bond. She was a dear friend that Deb (Carolina Peddler) and I shared a booth with last year in Greensboro. Plus it was more than that, we were friends. I'll never forget her ringing my doorbell with arms full of projects and that dang bottle of Diet Mountain Dew she always carried with her. She used to come over often and we would "craft" together, work on our sites together and share ideas. I hadn't seen much of her in the past year, as she had gone back to school to be a nurse. But we talked on the phone when she had time. It seemed to me as if she was finally getting what she wanted out of life and the last couple of times we spoke she was happy with how things were going.

There's not anything more that I can say... but I will miss her terribly.

Bye Retha, until we meet again .......................