Some cook, I sew and write: creativity brings joy

What came? My Missouri Star BLOCK magazine!  Summer fun can begin although I probably won't be doing that much quilting.  We have travel plans coming quickly, my husband starts a new job, and then school starts too soon in August. :P  BUT this mag actually helped me put on the fun attitude so I don't get bogged down in details. Making it even better, it has directions for some of the quilts I've wanted to make like Stacks and floating hexagon quilts.  They also included a patriotic remake of the Friendship Star Sashing that got me excited to try. I really like how the magazine suggests different fabrics and combinations so I can start visualizing the quilt patterns from Jenny Doan's YouTube tutorials in different colors. Along with quilt patterns, Jenny tells stories to get me thinking of my life in terms of the high points instead of the shoulda, coulda, woulda slant.  I need that!!! Some of the patterns include the Dresden Botanica, a quilt ...

I am including this little parable because I've been thinking about it as it pertains to my children and their experiences as well as my own.  While it isn't gospel, I believe it is wisdom.  I have copied it from Carol Tuttle's book, Remembering Wholeness . ------------------------------------ The following is a parable excerpted from Conversations with god: An Uncommon Dialogue; Book 3 , that helps us understand how we can truly love those we have perceived as our enemies. [God talking]   “You may choose to be any part of God you wish to be,” I said to the Little Soul.   “You are Absolute Divinity, experiencing Itself.   What Aspect of Divinity do you now wish to experience as You?”                   “You mean I have a choice?” asked the Little Soul.   And I answered, “Yes.   You may choose to experience any Aspect of Divinity in, as, and through you...