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heart. cry. prayer. poem.
Tired Body healing Still hurting Grieving Heart lighter Then heavier Stress compounded Saying goodbye Grief Loss Joy Hope I forgot About blocked care How it looks Feels Just woke up to it’s hard reality Sleep in my eyes Cloudy head Weeping Father help me remember How to chose love Continue reading
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Yarnalong {January}
Oh my, it’s January- and that means that it is time for Ginny’s monthly Yarnalong. I knit a bunch of radiator mittens for the kids in December and started another crochet sock yarn blanket. This is the place where I found a pattern that I’m using as a guideline. I cast on 294 + 2 Continue reading
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and just like that
“Once I had gathered Psyche’s bones then, it seemed, all that concerned her would be over and done with. Already, even with the great act still ahead, there was flowing in upon me, from the barren years beyond it, a dejection such as I had never conceived. It was not at all like the agonies Continue reading
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Holiday Help for Foster and Adoptive Parents {Thanksgiving 2018}

As I am putting together some resources for a support group that I will lead tomorrow I thought that it might be wise to have a place for all the links I am sharing with others. I found these videos very helpful for those preparing to enter the foster care and adoptive family road. You Continue reading
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November Yarnalong
I’m reading Beautiful Boy this week. I’m not ready to say much about it except that, the story is familiar, extremely well written and hard. Honesty and real life usually are hard though. I’m making potholders for the church kitchen. Someone awesome asked me to make some for her this Summer. I had never made Continue reading
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reassess
we were all gung-ho we were determined we were more than a little brave we were going to go and change the world we did our best we started families we made our decisions and now we’re left with this it isn’t bad it’s even beautiful but it isn’t what we thought that it would Continue reading
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September Yarnalong # 1

September is my absolute favorite month. It is the ending of the hottest days of the year and the beginning of cooler and dimmer days. I trade my tall cups full of ice and unsweetened tea for cozy cups of steaming hot teas. I start thinking about knitting for Christmas and making menus for the Continue reading
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August {yarnalong}
It’s been pretty quiet on this blog but I did remember that it is time for Ginny’s monthly yarnalong. So yay, think I’ll join in. I finished The Road Back To You by Ian Morgan Cron on Audible. It is such a great book and I think I’ve finally found my enneagram number. I liked Continue reading
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Lily Of The Valley Washcloth {a free pattern}

I’ve just finished Everyone Always by Bob Goff. Just. Read. It. It is so good. I’ve also just finished listening to The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. It is a change-your-life-and-the-way-you-see-yourself-and-others sort of book. Just google Ace scores and toxic stress- Difficult to look at but oh so helpful. Made these crochet washcloths Continue reading