Eons

Too often....it's true....everything changes and it changes so fast. The expectations on yourself are really put there by yourself. It's you, thinking about what you think everybody needs, and wanting from you. The key....the beauty...if you don't buy their bullshit they're selling then it doesn't matter what they think. The best qualities that anyone can have is to learn how to be their own best friend. I missed that lesson....I never understood. So instead of bullshit; listeb to and trust myself.

Sweetest Girl

My daughter and I were out for a walk when she saw a bundle of tulips on a Memorial. She ran over excitedly shouting about finding flowers and how beautiful they were. When she wanted to pick them up bc they were 'cut flowers' (so she wouldn't be picking them) I explained to her the following...... These flowers are here on a 'Memory Stone' for someone who has died (Yes I said died); like how Ellie's (our cat) body became ill and when she died her soul went to the stars. So this stone is for people to remember the person who they have lost, and a way to remember and celebrate a life of someone who has passed is to put flowers on their Memory Stone and that's why we leave them. I then read the plaque to her. Those red tulpis were Sid Harrison' s flowers. At the end of the plaque it said; "always in our hearts" which is exactly what we tell our 3 year old daughter about Ellie. That even though she has died that her soul is with the stars and that she lives on because she is I  our hearts. So......here's the precious part. ....on our way home Claire picks up some flowers that have fallen from a tree and she carries them home. EVER SO GENTLY she carries these flowers. She looks up at me and says "these flowers are for Ellie Mom. She is forever in my heart". The picture here is of Claire 'planting' the flowers in the garden beside Ellie's Memory Stone <3

Drop a stitch, add a stitch, going crazy

The hardest thing to do is often to be less judgmental of ourselves. That mistakes happen (even when they are such a small simple thing) and to remember that we shouldnt let the mistake dim our inner light with disappointment. Feel the sad. Let it go. Learn from it and you will become better equipped for going forward into the future :-)

Newer Hats:-)

Thought it worth while to show that my crocheting talents have increased:-)