- For the past month I have been doing nothing but sewing, writing about sewing, and thinking about sewing
- I have been so happy all month
- Makes me think two things
- How lucky I am to have something that makes me feel that way
- How hard it would be if all you could think of doing was say dust
- Or watch TV
- BTW at what moment did anyone invent reality TV?
- Seems to me that we used to watch shows so we didn't have to deal with that
- Haven't watched anything but the news in months
- Second thing all this sewing related has made me realize
- I haven't lost it, not one bit
- There is zero difference between late middle-aged me when I sew as when I was 17
- I can do something that totally connects those two people
- At 7 Miss Scarlett feels the same way when she sews
- Wonder if she knows she is right now connecting with her 80 year-old-self
- Going to see those guys tomorrow
- They are on the Gulf Coast with the other grandparents who I also love
- We are going over to have the girls sleep over in the RV
- Those guys are a zany bunch
- Daughter texted me that the trip down was the worst trip in her life
- 10 hours with three kids up since 3:30 a.m.?
- How is that possible?
- Every one has to have somewhere to put their love
- That's why all rv folks who are older like us have a small dog
- Spend all those decades
- Listening in your bed to hear if that cough sounds like croup
- Or to hear the car safely glide into the driveway
- Or standing with the world's stupidest school supply list at Staples
- Wondering if the lines on the music teacher's requested exercise book are 3/8" wide
- Instead of 1/2"
- Will really matter at all
- But think maybe someone else has the right exercise books
- After all it is your kid
- A person doesn't just come to a standing stop on that stuff
- And then the big kids tell you Mom your job is done, enjoy yourself
- Which of course is why you need a dog
- Who will never say anything like that to you
- And lets you coo while you watch them eat
- And lets you brush their teeth
- Nothing wrong with it
- Have to let the flow keep going
- What a wonderful feeling to know that I will never have to retire from doing what I really do best
- This is the primary difference between sewers and professional athletes
- Imagine if someone had said
- You're 32, your best days of putting in zippers are behind you
- Proved to myself this week that my best zippers are now
- Watch out
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