To say Renee Baldwin was my makeup artist is incorrect. To say she was the makeup artist feels downright disrespectful. The truth is that for everyone who ever sat down in her chair at Newsmax, Rising, ESPN, or any of the other studios she graced with her beauty and kindness, Renee Baldwin was our friend.

I debated even writing this, but since finding out the horrific details of our friend Renee’s murder on Sunday morning, I can’t really think about anything else. For all that the local and now national media have and will continue to (correctly) report on the brutality of her murder, I would be remiss if I did not share some of the loveliness of her life.