Sunday on the Columbia River
I thought it might be a good idea to let you know where the pictures are taken.
Motivation to do anything has been hard for me. Then after speaking to a friend who also lost her husband, I came to realize things don't just happen.
I was telling her how I feel (whining a bit) about the need to get back to sewing and creating. She replied with: "So do I, it will happen". My friend has been alone for a long, long time, which is the one reason I was whining to her. That statement scared me!!
Maybe that is exactly what I needed to hear because if it hasn't happened yet with her after all these years, well, I don't want to sit and wait for the magic to happen. It's not going to happen!!!
When will the sky open up and the creatives juices flow? If I sit and wait for it, I can guarantee that never happening.
I need to take a step forward, even if it is one tiny step, as long as I am going in the right direction. that needs to start NOW!!
I hear you. I hate it when I feel like I am in limbo and that sometimes happen because hubby needs so much 'watching' that I don't take time to do things just for me--and then find myself watching mindless TV rather than doing something creative. That is scary to think that she has been alone that long and not found the mojo to create or move forward. Blessings and hugs- Diana
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you are saying. I think it has scared me enough to just keep moving forward.
DeleteWell, I think it started when you shared this incredible photo. Did you take this, Nonie? Getting back to sewing and crafting sounds like a wonderful thing to do. When I moved up here to the mountains from the city, these words kept whispering to me, "one day at a time." I think you are in the right direction.
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My daughter in law took the picture as we were out running the storm. So glad we are the moving forward type people
DeleteThat you have recognized this in yourself IS you stepping forward! SO many don't Ever "see" it in themselves...You Have!! Congratulations on achieving your first step forward...
ReplyDeleteBig hug to you!
Donna
Thank you Donna
DeleteWay to go, Nonie!! I'm so proud of you!! Hugs, KarenVA
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen
DeleteThis post is a first step. Your life will never be as it was, but you are still here and all the things you love to do are okay to do and enjoy. I wish you lived a little closer, I would invite you to join our quilt group. I started this group about a year after Steve's passing, just opening my house to a few friends twice a month. Maybe you could do something like that or sign up for some creative classes at JoAnn's or somewhere like that. Just start taking baby steps.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, you're in my prayers.
Thank you Connie, that sounds like so much fun. The program at the hospital called "Footprints on my heart" has asked me to make a few things for their program. the nursery also said they need hats for the newborns, so they are helping to keep me busy. I do know staying busy is the key.
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment on LAWN TEA! It was a delightful surprise to see a comment here just now. I've been out of the "blog world" for about five years---home caretaking, and we lost my dear husband this time three years ago. All this housebound time, with things just put on hold, or not quite needful, or just who cares??? We used delivery services only for the first two years, and now I'm out only one day a week or so, just for groceries or other needfuls.
I was asked by several friends/followers from the Time Before to start posting again, and just last month, I began. Hardly anyone knows yet, so there have been few responses, but I'm just plugging along, and perhaps I'll get going for real again. I spend a LOT of midnights just writing reams and pages, and if you could see the boxes and bins and shelves of paper I've accumulated, as well as all this online stuff and thousands of pages in WORD. I've populated a little imaginary town of Paxton People (see my sidebar if you'd like) and think I'll try another of them on at LAWN TEA in a day or two.
So, thank you for this further impetus and another addition to my Get Up and Get things done.
No, we'll never be who we were, but we're still US. Speaking from the totally mired-in, lost from, can't-get-started world of worry and then grief and lassitude and just now emerging into the sunlight---rachel, who's walked your path
Rachel, I love how you write and look forward to your blog starting full time. thank you for visiting and for the words of encouragement.
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