53 year Friendship

Toni, Peggy, Nancy, me, Linda, Maria, Judy....we met at the Lavender Bleu shop in Willamette, they have a delightful "Tea Room" and they serve the most delicious lunch.  My friend Linda came down for 4 days for a visit and I planned this little reunion for us because we all went to Medjugorje last May and even though I see these ladies all the time from church, Linda does not.  It was really good to get together and catch up with each other.

Linda and I have been friends for 53 years...we went to St. Edward's together and she lived just up the street from me, so we would walk home from school together and soon we became BFF's!  In junior high, her family moved to Des Moines, WA and so we had to settle for weekend visits and extended weeks in the summer.  Our friendship continued and thrived, even through my move down to Milwaukie, OR.  I was in her wedding and she was my Matron of Honor.  She had two boys, I had two girls....and on it went. 

We share the same faith and the same love of paper crafting!  We spent nearly all four days sitting in the craft room making cards.  We would inspire each other and encourage and make fun of, and be silly and laugh ourselves into fits of hysteria.  We had such a wonderful time this visit.  And we got a lot accomplished, I must say!

With her encouragement and her own card inspiration, she helped me to take a hold of the more professional 'markers' and color!  She finally said to me,  "Okay now I am jealous because you are really coloring great!"
It is so fantastic to have a girl friend that you can totally be yourself with and be silly and nutty and crazy and laugh until your sides hurt...that is what BFF's are right?

So here are a few of the cards that I made while she was here...

I hope we don't have to wait a year before we are able to get back together and create and laugh again.