There are some friends in your life that make a huge difference, who are with you every step of the way, and who brighten your day, month and year. Ivy is that friend. She is so generous and talented and I love her dearly. Now it’s my turn to be the friend who makes the difference, who is with her every step to brighten every day. She is undergoing major surgery tonight to remove a cancerous tumor. I am thinking of her and sending her my love, which will soon be followed by warm healing soup, wheat-free pies, and fun trashy magazines. What are friends for?!

update: Ivy’s surgery went very well with news that the cancer was no where near her lymph nodes. They got it all out, every last bit! Take that cancer!!

Ivy and I wine tasting in the Willamette Valley

Ivy, Tara and I searching for the perfect apple around Hood River, Oregon

Ivy and I traveling through Italy nearly a decade ago…

Ivy painting the beautiful hills around Siena, Italia

Celebrating spring when we were in graduate school at the University of Oregon