Sewing...

When I was a young girl my mother taught me to sew and I loved it. I use to make some of my own clothes and even made myself a bathing suit once. And when I became a mother I made Halloween costumes every year, a prom dress and some of their everyday clothes. And there was always the many crafts to be sewn that I loved creating too. Then a few years ago I started sewing for a lady as a job and I did it for about eight years. It sucked the fun out of my sewing and since I've stopped working for her I've had a really hard time getting myself back to the sewing machine. It just sits there with endless projects in front of it and a longing. But I want to find that love again for sewing. Like everything else... one stitch at a time... one project at a time... the love will return!

Kitchen...

 

My middle son has taken a liken to being in the kitchen, whether it's baking or cooking. He has become very helpful when I'm cooking dinner, he'll come in and work on part of it while I'm working on another part of dinner. One evening I knew I was going to be home late, so I asked him to fix a meal he knew how to fix for him and his sister and I would eat when I got home. Boy was that nice... I walked in the door, took my coat off and dinner only had to be warmed up and it was ready. A girl could get use to that!!! But it's really nice to to have him participate making the meals and just hang out together, gathering more tips and ideas for thing he wants to make.

Barefoot...

One of my favorite things I look forward to when I'm out in the world doing things where I have to wear shoes is ~ taking them off! My feet feel so free and able to connect again to the earth. I've been a barefoot girl since I was a young child and I still love that barefoot feeling. One of my goals is to buy some toe shoes http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/index.htm ( there are a lot of other sites I just picked one to show you) so my feet can be closer to mother earth even when wearing "shoes."

Today...

~Today's present moments ~

Smiles

A warm cup of tea

People holding hands

A girl named Wisdom

Catching the last of the sunset

Dinner and ice cream with my son

A lady on a motorcycle with a dog riding in a backpack

Moccasins...

Another memory emerges... Today I say a young girl ( young being 18-20 ish) wearing moccasins while she was working at the store. I told her I loved her shoes and that I use to wear them myself when I was her age. I LOVED them and I was wondering what happened to them, but I think I wore them out. I miss wearing them, and I'm not sure why but I felt some connection with them on.

Little Girl...

When I was a little girl I use to have a plague on my night stand that said;

"If a man does not deep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears however measure or far away."

Henry David Thoreau

I always felt I was on a different page then those I lived with, but not free enough to step to my own music. Today I'm trying to do just that!