Sue called on Wednesday morning to let me know that her cousin's daughter, who lives in Charlotte, has passed away after a 2 year battle with cancer. She is planning to drive up on Friday for the funeral on Saturday and needs a place to stay.
Wednesday night Sue called to see if it would be okay if her sister Cindy could also stay, as she is planning to fly down from Maine, and oh by the way, she's flying into Charlotte, so I needed to pick her up at the airport. Oh and one more thing, her cousin Justin is also coming and he doesn't want to stay at the hotel with his mother, so he's going to stay with us and I need to pick him up at the airport too.
On Thursday morning Sue called again to let me know that Cindy is no longer flying, she is driving and their
sister Kit is also coming.
On Thursday afternoon, Kit called and said that their sister Tricia is also coming...oh and wait, her future daughter-in-law Sasha is coming too.
On Thursday evening they set off for North Carolina, from Maine.
I set about trying to figure out where I was going to put 6 additional people in my 2 bedroom apartment. Oh and I just happened to be dog sitting that weekend, so 7 people and 2 dogs.
I have known these people for 35 years and hadn't seen most of them for about 11 years but it was as if we all were kids again, having weddings in the basement, camping, teasing Tricia, talking over each other, trying on each others clothes.
The reason for their all being there was so sad it's almost unbearable to think about, but I had such a great time. I really don't want to go so long in between visits ever again.
Anyway, while they were all at the funeral on Saturday, I
had some time on my hands, so I tried a new technique for decorating sugar cookies with color flow icing.
So time consuming, but the finished product was so cute I had to share.
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