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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
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wait
in the line to pick up kids after school cars moving slowly seventeen drivers not letting me in kids on benches and beneath the trees wait i feel my insides stir and boil in the check out aisle at the grocery store slow beeps and long conversations for the child to find her way to… Continue reading
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Long-ish term projects and words {yarnalong}
The ladies from our church and other friends are reading a book together this season rather than doing a Bible study. I love the idea and am looking forward to the time we will all spend together. The book is One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voscamp. I’ve read it before -a few years back- and… Continue reading
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Things That Are Hard
Bending. Letting go. Persevering. Trusting. Fighting for peace. Continue reading
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A New Year & Yarn Along
It is a New Year. One of my resolutions is to read more – or rather to read entire books- you know, to the end. I always have a stack of books that I am “reading” but I have not finished many books this year, err this past year. Too busy or tired or vegging… Continue reading
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Lessons and Lists {This Year and Last}
Lessons Last year I took a year off of buying yarn. I think that it changed the way I shop for yarn. The old way impulsive and unorganized. I’m visual so, images in my Instagram feed were like the impulse buy section at the grocery store filled with my favorite sweets in pretty wrappers- so… Continue reading
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Heaps Of Grace {What We Need}
grace noun \ ˈgrās \ … d : disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency e : a temporary exemption : reprieve Tipping Scales Everyone is busy. I know that. The list of things that go on the calendar grows as the family does and we’ve actually learned to be mindful of how many things we do. Every Season… Continue reading
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All the grace 