Hump Day?

This is one of the reasons that I Hate to see Winter come and bid Summer farewell.The breath-taking beauty of our environment that I treasure so much. It amazes me how fast our human lives go. Maybe you do not notice it when we are in our twenties and we are young and healthy and we are searching for our path? Or, maybe in our twenties as we endeavor to work and pay out bills and stretch as we grow more to our path.

Forties seem to speed along a little faster as little things pull us in all directions. Some of us are grandparents by then? I do remember one time in my forties that I realized that my life was just flying by as I waited for this day or that day and I realized that I was kinda "wishing my life away" and it seemed like it was a dream I was living in.

Fifties came along and I pulled and tugged at the restraints of those years -trying to appreciate each day that was given to me and to JUST slow it down a little so as to appreciate each days new adventure. At one time I had thought that idle hands were a bad thing - so I kept trying to "fill - up" the seconds so as not to waste any. Then when I had a fall - I learned that sometimes things happen to force us to slow down and look inside yourself  and to treasure each second -as we learn to play and be creative, like when we were babies and our play became our lessons to help us learn.

I always thought IF we could find some way to make learning fun at school and give each child a reason to see how the education would turn into a tool in something that they would love - it would make all the difference in the world . That old saying , "you can lead a horse to water-but you cannot make them drink" -is so true with our children too.

I had my counseling session today and told her how I was feeling a little sad for some reason and it worried me. She said that she was not surprised because with the days getting shorter in our part of the world and the light getting dimmer that it is a time to go within and restore your inner child. I told her that I was scared -and she said that was not a bad thing - that I could just think of it as a fear phase - and that I would outgrow it and move on. I thought this was a very insightful view of a way to handle things.

Our lives go too fast and there are challenges - but I believe there is a lot more to life than just what is black and white - and I would like to find the right steps to discover the things about myself that I do not understand. No matter what belief system that we have - I think we can all acknowledge that we are all here on Mother Earth at this time and we are each doing the best to our abilities. Thanks to the internet -we can open doors and step into a friends heart and they become as treasured as a nearby friend and these people that we choose are people that we can make a connection to -not like people in everyday life that we are kinda "forced " to associate with .

Well - I have run my weird thoughts of mystery long enough. I did not get to sew any today because I was gone. But , while we were out I did pick up the material to make some more burp - cloths of a different nature- I hope to get to work on them tomorrow.

I also had a wonderful blessing today. The UPS man left a package on my door stoop. I pulled it inside after I had finished morning chores. It was from one of my beloved E-buddies in Tennessee and I treasure her friendship. Inside was hand made soaps and herbs  and EVEN knit fabrics! Yep- it's a wonder you did not hear me squeak with joy. I had wanted some double knit so I could test out a new pattern for a pair of slacks. I do have a pattern that I have used all summer - BUT- I wanted to try a different one. The one I have used has pockets and they have a tendency to gather at my hips and make me look even "WIDER" than I already am???? The other pattern does not have pockets and I wondered IF there are no pockets and the extra fabric is gone -would it help me to camouflage my generous Hips!  And , yes - I always wanted to be a Hippie - but just not this kind????? :)

So, I will look forward to having some good news tomorrow for another great day to sew and to learn and to share! Love to all!