Thinking and sew and thinking some more

 Nine months seems like a long time but when you have lost someone it seems like an eternity and also it feels like yesterday at the same time. They say grief is the result of loving someone then I feel like I will be grieving for a long time to come. Grief shows up for me in the strangest places...today it was while I was on his 4 wheeler driving through the bush where we tap trees and collect sap to make maple syrup.

So here I am now allowing myself 10 minutes of tears and then putting on my big girl panties and getting on with my day. Why 10 minutes you ask? Stephanie a friend of mine(who is also in the same boat as me) told me it is a good thing. Cry, think, grieve, give yourself 10 minutes to feel those feelings and then move on. If you stay in the vortex of sadness longer it is much harder to recoup and move on.

So writing is helping too. As I have said before this is my blog of my life and you get to read about everything! My weeks are busy but the weekend is my down time. So Friday and Saturday I have been machine quilting and finished it last night, even put the binding on. That will be my
slow stitching with Kathy later today. I also made a smaller version for a little doll with the leftover pieces.  My pooch wanted in on the picture taking!I have two more quilts in line to be finished. My plan is to pin baste one today and get the backing ready for the second one too.

Once that is all done, I can move onto thinking about Christmas. We don't have snow yet so getting in the mood to do any shopping is hard. But I know once I start, I will get in the spirit of the season.