I HAVE MISSED BEING HERE...

HAVE YOU EVER STARTED A CROSS STITCH OR EMBROIDERY PATTERN AND INSTEAD OF THE INTRICATE BEAUTIFUL PICTURE YOU ARE TRYING TO CREATE, YOU GET "OFF" ON THE PATTERN?...

FIRST, YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN TWEAK IT AND MAKE IT WORK ANYWAY, BUT AN EMERGING NEED FOR READJUSTMENT AND "DO-OVERS" MAKES ITSELF INCREASINGLY VIVID ... IN FACT, THE MORE YOU CONTINUE, THE MORE PERSISTENT IT BECOMES.

...AND YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO STOP THE PROJECT AND CAREFULLY UNTANGLE THE TROUBLE, MAYBE EVEN UNDO PART OF THAT HARD TEDIOUS WORK ...

AHH, KNOWING IT REQUIRES REVERSAL, PATIENCE AND LOSING GROUND FOR AWHILE; TAKING A STEADY, MAGNIFIED LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN GOING ABOUT FIXING IT.


WITH SUMMER HERE AND SOME JOB STRESSES , NEW SCHEDULES AND PRIORITY SEEKING, IT WAS TIME TO STEP BACK AND ADJUST ME, US, JOB, PRECEDENCE...A LITTLE OF LOTS OF STUFF.

AND IN THE END, GOOD THINGS COME.

THE ARTISTRY WILL BE MORE BEAUTIFUL, THE COLORS RICHER AND RIGHT BECAUSE THE TIME AND CARE WAS TAKEN TO TRY TO MASTER THE CRAFT WITH THE PATIENCE IT DESERVES.

IT IS NEVER EASY, IN FACT, REALLY HARD FOR FOLKS LIKE ME THAT LIKE TIDY ORDER...AND LITTLE CHANGE.

BUT... ITS HARD WORK THAT PAYS THE DIVIDENDS OF BEING TRUER TO WHAT GOD WANTS, TRUER TO YOURSELF, TO YOUR PURSUITS AND TO YOUR PRIORITIES AND VALUES.

...SO ITS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. FAMILY MEETINGS, LOOKING AT PRIORITIES TOGETHER, ELIMINATING AND CHANGING, DOING THE HARD WORK OF DECIDING WHAT MATTERS MOST...

GOOD STUFF, HARD STUFF.

WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN...I BET SOONER RATHER THAN LATER...BUT FOR NOW, WE'VE DONE SOME MENDING.

AND IT'S TIME TO DIVE BACK INTO THE WEAVE, AND CONTINUE BEING PART OF THE BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT GOD IS CREATING...


BY THE WAY!!
GUESS WHO TURNS THREE, AND PICTURES WILL COME TOMORROW!