I’ve found a barely started placemat and nearly finished sweater in Mom’s knitting bag. I was looking through it to try and find a ball of burgundy cotton yarn for a gift I’m knitting. I came across these two unfinished projects. Something in me just couldn’t leave them that way. I’ve made a bit of [...]

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We continued with our study of John yesterday. John 19 was the particular chapter we studied. I picked up on something that I’d never really thought about. In several places John mentions that some of the actions of the Roman soldiers were the fulfillment of prophecy. When they divided up Jesus’ robe and cast lots [...]

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If you weren’t sure by now, then you will be after reading this post. I am CRAZY! I saw a video tutorial online that was demonstrating how to cut t-shirts into long strips to be used as yarn. Someone suggested using the t-shirt yarn for a rug. I thought that it was a FANTASTIC idea! [...]

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I’m starting off my post with a prayer request. Kay, who is one of the co-authors of the Mason-Dixon Knitting books and blog, lost her husband this week. She has two children. My heart aches for them because I know how awful the loss of a parent is, and I saw how hard it was [...]

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Sunday was our first holiday without Mom. It was different, but all in all, we had a good day. It’s been a tradition to have Easter dinner with Mom’s family for quite a few years now. This year, we had dinner at her youngest brother’s house. One of my cousins hid candy and Easter eggs [...]

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I’ve been going through photos recently. Mostly looking for photos of Mom. I have some, but I wish now that I’d taken more of her. She hated having her picture taken even more than I do. It occurred to me today while looking for photos that perhaps I shouldn’t mind so much. I love the [...]

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Munchkin needed a bath this afternoon. She is (finally) potty trained, and somehow, when she got up from her nap to go to the bathroom, she dunked the ends of her hair in the flush. There were little bits of toilet paper stuck all through her hair. Yuck. So, she got a nice bubble bath. [...]

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