When my sisters and I first starting learning to sew, our teacher had us do a simple skirt as the first project. So we each did our own using the same basic pattern drafted from our own measurements. This project I’m sharing here was made by my younger sister. Now that I think about it, how long ago it was… …
Amateur Poetry #2: Birthday Wishes
Birthday Wishes The morning dawns cold as the sun rises high While I watch from my place in my bed A contemplative air fills these earliest hours And thoughts without words fill my head As I contemplate silently, tears in my eyes Memories flood through my mind Of birthdays before when I’d rise as today With an air of a …
Pink Fleece Raglan Blouse
So in my last post when I wrote a bit about my younger sister, I mentioned her creative talents and how she created many beautiful things. I also mentioned how I would share her many creations. This is the first one I’ve decided to share. I believe this was the first article of clothing that she ever made for me. …
My Sister
A few weeks ago I wrote about how I lost my sister. Now I want to write about her, to tell about what kind of person she was and how her presence affected my life. A year and a half apart, my sister and I were very close. When we were growing up, many people thought we were twins, which …
Loss and Grief
I hardly know how to begin this post. The past month and a half has been gone by in a haze, and everything pretty much stopped for me. It’s been that long already, and I figured I should write about this as I’m trying to get back to doing things. A month and a half… it feels like both a …