Anyone who's ever met me knows my first passion is my family. Do what you want to me, say what you want about me, and we can probably get past it (heck, some of it's probably true!). But never, ever mess with my family! I would kill or die for my children, and every mother I know will say the same about her family.
But now let's talk about my second passion - needlework! I've been stitching since I was around 13, when I saw a piece that my mom had started but not finished. There it sat, next to a chair in our living room, just screaming for someone to finish it up! I had no idea what to do, so I asked mom to teach me. Aside from the 'she's a lefty/I'm a righty' part, everything went very smoothly and I began to stitch. I was moving right along until I got to a part that stumped me. So far, the symbols I'd seen on the chart for various colors were your basic 'x', '.', 'o', '/', '*'. These were pretty easy to get done, but when I got to the @ sign, I began to have trouble. You see, up till this point, I thought I had to stitch the actual symbol on the chart, so I had been making slanted lines, and dots, and circles, and x'es, and asterisks. But that @ sign really threw me - how in the world could I stitch THAT?!? I don't recall if she actually laughed where I could hear or see her, but I'm sure my mom was laughing on the inside when I asked for her help in making that symbol! After she explained that every stitch was just an X, and the symbols were only to tell me what color to use, everything got MUCH easier! <haha> And now you know the story of the auspicious beginning of my second passion.
Needlework has been my livelihood, it has saved my sanity, it has kept my family safe when I thought I was going to completely lose it with them. It has brought me many dear friends, has taught me new things, and has fostered in me an appreciation for the simpler things in life. It has taught me to enjoy the journey and not just the destination. It has taught me to be patient and know that anything worth having is worth waiting for. It has even nurtured my self-esteem with the knowledge that I am VERY GOOD at something in this life. While it might not seem like anything important to most people in this instant-gratification, mass-produced, disposable society we live in, needlework is, has been, and will continue to be - my passion.
Until next time, be blessed.
But now let's talk about my second passion - needlework! I've been stitching since I was around 13, when I saw a piece that my mom had started but not finished. There it sat, next to a chair in our living room, just screaming for someone to finish it up! I had no idea what to do, so I asked mom to teach me. Aside from the 'she's a lefty/I'm a righty' part, everything went very smoothly and I began to stitch. I was moving right along until I got to a part that stumped me. So far, the symbols I'd seen on the chart for various colors were your basic 'x', '.', 'o', '/', '*'. These were pretty easy to get done, but when I got to the @ sign, I began to have trouble. You see, up till this point, I thought I had to stitch the actual symbol on the chart, so I had been making slanted lines, and dots, and circles, and x'es, and asterisks. But that @ sign really threw me - how in the world could I stitch THAT?!? I don't recall if she actually laughed where I could hear or see her, but I'm sure my mom was laughing on the inside when I asked for her help in making that symbol! After she explained that every stitch was just an X, and the symbols were only to tell me what color to use, everything got MUCH easier! <haha> And now you know the story of the auspicious beginning of my second passion.
Needlework has been my livelihood, it has saved my sanity, it has kept my family safe when I thought I was going to completely lose it with them. It has brought me many dear friends, has taught me new things, and has fostered in me an appreciation for the simpler things in life. It has taught me to enjoy the journey and not just the destination. It has taught me to be patient and know that anything worth having is worth waiting for. It has even nurtured my self-esteem with the knowledge that I am VERY GOOD at something in this life. While it might not seem like anything important to most people in this instant-gratification, mass-produced, disposable society we live in, needlework is, has been, and will continue to be - my passion.
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