Today.....

The sun is hiding behind the clouds again, and I'm hoping the downpours of two days ago do not reappear.  But, there is a brisk wind (which I do love).

Going to go to church today...saw via Facebook that there is going to be only a brief message.  The rest of the service is going to be pure worship--which means alot of music, and I love, love, love music!  This will truly lift my dry and weary soul!

After church, I'm off to the mall.  I usually try to avoid shopping on Sundays, but I promised I would purchase something for my supervisor for Bosses' Day.  I put that off yesterday when I was somewhat in the doldrums.  This is something that needs accomplished today.

When I look around me, I am seeing areas that need tended to....dusting, vacuuming, and so on.  I still have a hat to finish today.  I wonder which will become first on my list (weighing the options---cleaning or knitting...and the winner is?)

I'm still in the process of updating and dressing up this blog a little.  Unfortunately, my own computer has bit the dust, and I'm using my son's laptop.  This laptop is not saving my pictures (or anything for that matter).  If I want to use a picture, I need to go back and find the picture, download it again, then use it quickly before it disappears. 

Oh, for my old desktop to come alive again!  My son says he can fix it, it's just a matter of when that will occur.

I'm off for now.  Hope to see and hear from you soon.

Beth

Feelings of the Day

I've been busy for the past several weeks.  Eleven hats, two baby blankets and a scarf...all knit except for the baby blankets which were crocheted.

And even in the midst of all this business, I've felt somewhat sad....somewhat not right.....somewhat empty.  I don't know why.  I've dealt with this before.....

the emptiness, the loneliness, the very edge of depression.

Then, I have to stop and think.  I have a roof over my head.  I have a bed to sleep in at night.  I have a job to go to every day.  I have my children and my grandchild.

There are many that don't have even these basics of life.  These are the ones I knit and crochet for so that they can have at least one hot meal a day.

I have nothing in my life to feel sad or empty or lonely or depressed about.

I pick up needles and yarn and keep on.

Beth