Please forgive this blast from the past.... Going thru my archives, I was thinking of my muse, as I packed up baby clothing for the proud mama who is due in a few short months.... This is a tribute to Kia, my muse. There are just some people that touch your soul... You meet them, and you are never ever the same again. A few years ago, while teaching at a makeup academy in Orlando (who's name I won't even bother to promote)  I was very fortunate, to befriend a wonderful student of mine, Kiarina. She was my angel and one of the sweetest girls I'd ever met. She seemed really shy and I would do her makeup to bring her out of her shell.  I loved doing makeup on Kia and considered her my muse. Months, after I had stopped teaching and returned to my life in New York, I got a call from one of my students about Kia.  I was devastated to learn that she was in a near fatal car crash that put her in a coma for nearly 4 months! I was beside myself, I had...