Hello Friends,Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I am planning for a quiet time with family. My husband's birthday is on Friday so we are just going to slow down for a day or two and enjoy each other's company.
I am grateful for so many things, but I wanted to take time to thank all of you who have helped to keep my business going over the last 9 years. This of course includes all of the shops and customers who purchase designs from Milady's Needle and follow my blog. In addition this includes the many friends who have helped me to stuff patterns and assemble kits before markets as well as those who have attended the markets and handled all the craziness that accompanies those markets. Thank-you, Thank-you Thank-you!! I would not be in business today without all of you. Your excitement and enthusiasm for Milady's Needle is what keeps me inspired to continue designing.
My sister sent me a wonderful poem that I want to pass on to you. The thoughts expressed encompass those intangibles that we can all be thankful for all year around.
For the peace and promise of a sunrise.
The quickening of breath that comes
when we take in the beauty of our surroundings.
The quickening of breath that comes
when we take in the beauty of our surroundings.
For the mystery and humility
of daring to see how we are all connected.
of daring to see how we are all connected.
For the opportunity, over and over again,
to choose joy.
to choose joy.
For waking up every day to the unknown
and the courage to walk into that day.
and the courage to walk into that day.
For loved ones and the trusted few
for whom we dare to be truly seen.
for whom we dare to be truly seen.
For the ones we touch and those who touch us
never knowing the grace exchanged.
never knowing the grace exchanged.
For teachers and wise companions
who shed light on our path.
who shed light on our path.
For seasons of sun and rain and bountiful harvest.
For the reprieve of winter stillness.
For the reprieve of winter stillness.
For the wild ones with whom we share this earth
those we see and those we never will.
those we see and those we never will.
For giving and receiving.
For doors opened and walls broken down
by the simple and spiraling depths of love.
For doors opened and walls broken down
by the simple and spiraling depths of love.
For Belonging. . .
to ourselves
to one another
to the world
to one another
to the world
. .
.Thanksgiving.
--Chris Heeter
The Wild Institute
God Bless you during this holiday season.
Gloria
