![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 19
2013
It seems I neglected to add the photos of the new yarn I got. I didn’t mean to be such a selfish cow. Here you go!
Viking of Norway Nordlys - color 957
Already got the ball band off the Berroco to see how it would knit up.
hint: It is self-striping, so the German Twisted Cast On I prefer jacked up the striping and I ripped it out. Hopefully, a little Knitted Cast On action will set things to rights.
Berroco Sox - color 1425
This one’s for Hunter, who seems to have infected me with her love of orange.
Fiesta Baby Boom – color Sun Face
Tags: Berroco, Berroco Sox, Fiesta Baby Boom, Fiesta yarn, Viking of Norway, Viking of Norway Nordlys, yarn