The Holiday Post

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There are so many other knitters out there writing and reflecting on their year with such eloquence and verbage and here I am in hubby’s pj bottoms, a pukey sweatshirt, ponytail, and a glass of wine trying to be eloquent and trying to find something to say that sums up the year with such grace and pristine elegance that others feel a small tear trickle down their face or possibly even a sigh or a nod of agreement that makes someone feel a little sense of peace in this world. But in the end, parenthood strips away all those ideas or needs to be seen as always saying the right thing or standing out as the best…it leaves you with you being you….so here I am, me being me for this post….

This journey of the past year has left me vulnerable, which often makes one feel scared or exposed.  Many equate being vulnerable as being somehow less or weaker and we avoid allowing vulnerability to creep in because of these very reasons.  I am asking you to consider allowing some vulnerability to enter your life this 2007.  It’s not so bad…

Vulnerability allows one to accept the kindness of strangers and friends alike when you celebrate a birth or mourn a loss.  Vulnerability allows one to listen to advice and others’ life experiences and triumphs and know that there is a lesson to be learned from every instance.  That every moment and feeling is temprorary and that you are much stronger than you can ever give yourself credit.  Vulnerability leaves you with a sense of being stripped clean of your defenses.. and that’s ok.  This past year has been one for me that has had it’s share of laughs and tears as it has been for many of us… being vulnerable to feeling and experiencing…and that’s ok…

I have so many people to thank for being there with me this past year…some people I know personally and some people I wish I could know personally.  When my mother attempted to teach me how to knit a few years back, I never thought it would become not only a sense of therapy for me but also a part of a community.  I have met so many friends through this blog, the local and virtual knitting community, my local yarn stores, and knitting classes.  You have all celebrated, laughed and cried with me in the past year and by allowing myself to be vulnerable I have allowed others to give me strength and support to make it through the year.  I look forward to 2007 not with goals of what I wish to knit or what UFO I want to finish but with an openess of taking whatever 2007 has to throw at me…2007???? BRING IT!!!!

So from everyone here at chez red dog, have a wonderful and joyous holiday season whatever you celebrate and even if you don’t celebrate and enjoy 2007…whatever it holds for you….

On a side note, hubby is back in the blog world  So if you are up to hearing the “other” side of the goings’ on over here, go have a look see!

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