Usually, when I blog, I’m hoping to make you smile and if I’m having a really good day, laugh. Today, I’m thinking about how short life is and how lucky I feel just to be able to walk among the flowers.
Last week was a sad one and I coped in the only way I know how. I knit. I made an afghan square in memory of Krystle Campbell. Originally, I was making a red, white, and blue cable square, but then, I thought, she wasn’t a soldier or a combat pilot. She was a girl cheering for a runner, just trying to enjoy the day…and I knit a tulip.
While taking pictures, I saw one lone dandelion, thought of all the wishes she might have had, all the dreams that would never be realized and shed a tear.
Then I went inside, wrapped it up with a bluebonnet and a prayer and sent it to her family. I hope knowing that other people care will ease their sorrow, even if for just a little while.
Tami’s Amis
Wisdom begins in Wonder
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Tags: 4KCBWDAY5, eskimimi makes, FO Friday, knitting and crochet blog week
A beautiful square to remember someone special.
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What a beautiful cloth and a beautiful sentiment.
You just got way more awesome.
Way more.
Carrie recently posted..I apparently lost my calm and mature self at “I do.”
Amen.
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Beautifully made and said.
Jess recently posted..Find Your Fight and Do It
What a beautiful way of using this topic for sharing such a powerful feeling with us. Thank you! You made us stop and think about all this again and turned into something beautiful.
Such a pretty project for springtime. A very nice job of knitting too.
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What a beautiful gesture! I love the tulip square.
Cathy recently posted..Hand Dyed Rikke Hat
Gorgeous square. Hard to know how to cope with a tragedy like this.
Minding My Own Stitches recently posted..Finished Object Friday
It really is.
That is such a wonderful sentiment, and a gorgeous afghan square.
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What a beautiful thought to honor a memory.
This is lovely.
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Also, I linked back to this post in my Inspiration Saturday feature. :) http://woolendiversions.blogspot.com/2013/04/is-20-inspiration-you-guys.html
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So nice.