![Earlier this week, @marz1pan agreed to eat lunch at our local Irish pub to celebrate me finally finishing my draft of my Irish paranormal romance.
The proprietor, who sees me regularly, asked if I was knitting for a new addition. I said “No, these socks are for me!?!” and I held it up for him to see.
He smiled and walked away.
After he left, I asked Megan “Did he just ask if I was pregnant?”
She said “Yes. You didn’t misunderstand.”
And then I sat for a second. Someone asked if I was pregnant the week before Mother’s Day and I didn’t feel overrun by grief.
My gaping wound is healing and becoming a scar I can touch without it gutting me.
Two things have contributed to this:
- therapy
- doing the work of writing a heroine who finds joy after life lifes all over her.
While I hunt for and find joy on a regular basis, the act of working through this fictional plot has been healing. I’m so grateful for my writing journey.
I’m especially grateful to those who joined my Inner Circle Email List and read my romance shorts. Your support kept me trying when I got stuck. Thank you, Crew! I love you!!!
[ID: Frida Kahlo project bag folded down to show off the bees inside, rainbow shortie sock, salad, BLT sandwich against the background of a corner of my local Irish pub.
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Feb 16
2011
Step 1. Start mittens. Decide the black yarn (mini mochi) is too fuzzy and doesn’t jive with the lovely cream malabrigo. Buy black malabrigo.
Step 2. Get new black yarn and wind it into a ball.
Step 3. Start mittens again. Realize I started them with a black pattern on cream background and I wanted the reverse. It would have been a lot more convenient to realize this the first time. In the end, I’m happy with how it looks (these pics are pre-blocking), but my thumb-making skills could use some fine tuning. Luckily, there’s a second mitten to practice on.
I love your camillas! I need to get mine finished up, but the fingerless version is really pretty!