Rose

Rose is totally on my mind today. Maybe it's because Onesie Wonderland just started openly selling the onesie that I had custom made from one of Rose's windows. They've agreed to give some of the proceeds to her scholarship fund. Maybe it's because it's a gorgeous morning in the Northwest - a great example of the kind of pretty Spring morning that I'm sure Rose described to her friends in Oklahoma and Florida when missing Oregon. I watched a video of her giving a tour of her and Justin's house in Florida, and I know this is many times harder on her family and her husband. I just can't imagine. Maybe it's because she was just such a wonderful woman, and a friend that was always willing to be there for you and talk.
I see craft projects that I want to try, and think of Rose: how I would have called or sent her a Facebook message to see if she'd tried it before, see if she had any tips... I see recipes that I want to try, or just tried, and I want to share them with her.

Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. Isaiah 26:12