This lovely article on knitters in combat.
The cat's tail is still oozing after a month! Last weekend, hours before taking Gideon to a classmate's birthday party, I was attempting to once again wash the oozy gunk off the tail in a bathroom sink while the cat desperately attempted to claw his way out of the sink and ultimately hooked my bottom lip with one of his flailing claws. Yeah, it hurt and bled and bled and I attended the birthday party looking like someone had socked me in the kisser. (And the cat has been left to ooze on his own for most of the rest of this week.)
Sunday, I spent my morning volunteering at a local volunteer fire station's monthly fundraising breakfast. This is how I got out of paying the full fine for my speeding ticket and kept it off my driving record. I was joined in my envelope stuffing and dishwashing by a group of students from the Seafarers' International Union merchant mariners training center, located a few miles from the fire station - one of only two training centers in all of the U.S. The students were white and black, male and female, 20-somethings and 50-somethings, from "Jersey", Florida, Texas, Virginia. I was reminded just how fascinating people are and how much I enjoy learning about them. I want to know people and accept them where they are and laugh with them - no judgment, no attempt to change. I'm no Bible scholar, by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm pretty sure meeting people where they were is something Christ did on a daily basis.
Picture Day: Gideon's preschool had picture day Thursday and that was Gideon's first formal picture-taking session. I've never been a fan of the awkward poses and strained expressions kids end up in in those formal sittings and I was pretty sure Gideon wouldn't be able to sit still enough. And his on-command smile? Well, we'll just call it strained looking. But I hear the photographer was very good, telling the kids to say "Turkey" and when they did, saying, "What? Are you calling me a turkey?" Gideon laughed as he told me about that and if that's what he looked like during the photo shoot, I'll be more than happy to purchase some of the prints. I'll keep you posted.
Our spring break is this coming week, so we're happy to have plenty of time (and great weather on tap - I think I'd be happy if the temps never got above 75!) to spend with Memaw and Papa B. I'll try to post pics of our adventures this time next week!
Happy weekend!
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| In souvenir t-shirt brought back from Spring Break trip to Killington, Vermont, by babysitter and her boyfriend |
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Very cool article about knitting in Kandahar. There's something about it that's truly therapeutic. Although my drug of choice happens to be crochet. In this digital world, it's nice to do something analog sometimes. 'm glad you've found a little joy in knitting. It's too bad we can't sit around a cup of tea and knit and crochet while we chat!
ReplyDeleteVal, would love to sit and "work yarn" with you, although a glass of red wine would be my drug of choice ;-).
ReplyDeleteKnitting and crocheting are good for the soul. I liked your volunteer work. You are great at meeting people and great to be around.
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