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When I was asked to do the drawing for the holiday card for this dear friend of mine, I thought of all the things that she does for me.  Truly, she is the kind of lady who does things effortlessly to spice up your life.  She has traveled and lived in exotic places and she even has an exquisite look and style to prove her international prowess.

Our first meeting was “sketchy” as we met at our local library long ago, however it was not until our wee ones went to a tot stop, that we began to get to know one another and our children got along well too which always adds fuel to the fire.

If you look closely, on the sled are the “twins” which we loved sharing stories about.  Only a mother of twins can relate to double duty and double dipping.  Then along came the third child and I remember visiting them at the hospital and smelling that newborn and taking great delight to be the chosen “Godmother.”  At Christmas mass, we invited them to share Christmas.  We enjoyed a day of tasting and talking and passing that newborn around.  It seemed like the very next day, they were relocated to Paris.  When she was gone, it truly felt like someone had removed the spice from my day or forgive, the pun, someone had moved my fromage.