I Get By With a Little Help From my Friends..

Aoife Rose....four days old

I have never seen my daughter so happy

Emily said that all the crazy pain and infection was so worth it.

Aoife's father refinished this old cradle from Next Door.

They have it by the sofa.

The baby is such a miracle.

She brings me such joy as I batten the doors for the storm.

The storm rages, and Pearl bangs to get it.

My son has driven up to another town to co-parent with Evan's mother.

Evan is 15, You know the rest. 

TBTG the parents are on it.

Before he left, he changed my bed sheets and put away my stack of quilts.

All with his wrist and knee hurting. I was amazed when he told me what he had done for me!!

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A bit after he left, my widow group came with tons of food..

When the children come home next week..I will not have to cook all week....

This with the food Ellen and Linda brought...I had better just enjoy my life 

with feet up and my book or sewing machine.

Friends have sent encouraging emails and brought by gifts that astound me.

One of the hardest things about having the children during home schooling and quarantine is

feeding them.  They are hungry all the time....I mean....all the time.

And I am exhausted all the time.

My friends have given me such strength in the past few days, that when Pearl went to the back door

to try to break in....I was stronger...She gave up!!!

With a Little Help from my Friends     Joe Cocker(older)

I Get By With a Little Help from my Friends   Joe Cocker(younger)

The comparison between the two is fascinating.

This grandmother must say....Aoife Rose  is a DOLL

The Epiphany That We Protest.

Above, Carol's purple quilt challenge piece.

Above, Jean's purple quilt challenge piece.

Above Sherry's purple challenge piece.

All are motivating me to find in my mess...Mrs. O'Quilt's purple challenge..

The old fashioned Muggs wrapped in my Civil War quilt.

I think she identifies with that era...

Sherry's new finished quilt.

MP took some fat quarters to make adorable cloth napkins for her mountain house.

Kathylynn gifted with vintage fabric from my sister's stash.

Carol..newly returned from a California stay...and quilt show...

with new fabric...yum

Wednesday night at our quilting group, I gave away 10 pieces of fabric.

When I did not feel teary...I knew I was on the right track.

De-stashing a tiny bitsy baby bit!!

And now:

Tonight, Lynsey and I went back to school shopping.
Ten and a half...Oh, my...a new shopping experience.
I gave her the budget....She picked out millions...
She whittled it down with the calculator.
Home we came, one more accomplishment.

And, I could walk!!!!!

Every day is just a lovely day to celebrate being alive.

A meeting tonight was a huge help for my brand new, old stressor.
Thank God for folks who understand.
Thank God for folks who stand by me.
xoxo