Hi Knit Friends,
It has been almost a year since my last post. I have been through one of the most challenging life journeys in the last eighteen months. I have always known there will be times that life would be challenging, but nothing prepared me for this. During the eighteen months of hardship, I can say I am stronger and accept my intuition better. Both my spouse and I have encountered life altering health scares. We also were unemployed at the same time. These two unfortunate events forced me to use new coping strategies. I truly believe that whenever we encounter challenges it is up to us how we choose to handle it. And if we handle it through talking to friends, denying the travesty, or keep fighting the outcome can be different.
I grew up in a household where everything was secretive. Luckily through years of therapy I realized that I had a choice to standup and confront challenging circumstances instead of walking in denial. Denial, blame, rationalization, self-hatred were ways I coped as a child. I really needed a “Come-to-Jesus” meeting with myself because my childhood coping strategies no longer worked. My biggest accomplishment has been the small jewel of people from my LYS who have embraced me. Those people who have freely given to me through listening to me or giving me information about county resources. I know I have grown from my experience of being among ‘the working poor’. What I realize now is that money is a small fix that creates a short breathing room, but what is most important is having a community of people who love you. In my time of stress, I knitted my 1st cardigan during a Knit A-long (KAL). I do not have a great track record for keeping up with KALs. I don’t even remember when I started, but I know that there were at least 10-15 people who have also started and completed their projects.

Hopefully someone will get to take photos of all the knitters that participated in this knit project. I started a new job last week and it is good that I am out of the house. I get stir crazy staying in the house all day. I get to miss Eddie- my spoiled baby pom. He looks drowsy all the time. Let’s hope things get better.
