On March 19, my beautiful friend Lynn Marie Delaney passed away after a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. Lynn was a stage actress and singer and she had a soft spot a mile deep for animals. And, she collected art glass because it appealed to her sense of beauty. So isn't it fitting that, before she passed, she arranged for her family and a couple of her closest friends to receive a beautiful "Spirit Weight". And, that each weight contains a small amount of Lynn's ashes. The man who creates these beautiful works of art created the very first one to commemorate the passing of his beloved dog, who had cancer.

Well, my own Spirit Weight arrived this weekend and, as you can hopefully see from the picture, it is just beautiful. It has a place of honor on our fireplace mantle, in the living room where "the girls" spent so many great weekends together both before and during Lynn's illness. I like to think that she's hanging out with us and smiling.

And, if you want more information, visit the artists website at http://www.marcboutteglass.com