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| double knit scarf hanging in our vermilion Japanese maple |
I've been working on Falling Leaves / Falling Snow this week and I am super excited that I might actually get this pattern out soon.
But that is due in a large part to my breaking down and asking for help. In the past, I always tried to juggle it all at the last minute and I would muddle through but it was so very stressful.
Recently, instead of not asking for help with things, I have been reaching out more and more. I thought it would make me feel vulnerable and less than myself because of some crazy Aries independent streak I've had for years. Instead, I found myself supported like I was cocooned in a fuzzy blanket sitting by a fireplace drinking hot cocoa.
I've always tried to be there for my family and friends. I try to help out people on social media as much as I can with knitting questions and such but I rarely would let people help me.
I realize now how flawed that view is when your loved ones see you needing help but you refuse to ask and worse when they reach out you say, "I've got it," or "I'm good."
For a long time, I've had all these dreams that are halfway there. Something always gets in the way of me getting to that finish line and I fall just short.
So I did it. I admitted I needed a little help and instead of feeling like a failure, I feel so uplifted. Now I have a soundboard to bounce ideas off of. I have someone who understands my vision and my desire to create empowerment in the knitting community. I have help and it is so, so freeing.
I am super excited to announceVixenpath now has a quality control department headed by an amazing person who can look at my patterns through a different lens and help them to really shine!
In life, it is so important to have a support system of people you can rely on. We were not meant to do this alone.
As we head into Thanksgiving here in the US, I feel so blessed, so thankful and so absolutely full of gratitude for my family, friends, and bundles of fur that we love so much!
I am so grateful for all of the people who visit this page and open a window into a small bit of my existence for the 17 years that I have had this blog.
It has provided me a place to: create, mourn, teach, pontificate, empower, fail, grow, succeed, and write about things that maybe someone needs to hear that day.
Wishing you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. 💖
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Safe socially-distanced hugs 🤗
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Sending love and light to everyone being affected by this virus.
May you be safe.
May your loved ones be safe.
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Sending love and light to everyone facing discrimination, hate, prejudice, inequality, or racism.
🙏🙏💖💖🙏🙏
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Vixenpath is a safe space.
If you are:
LGBTQ+
Black
Brown
Asian
Any race
Coming out
Anything.
I am a safe person and I will always hold space for you in love and light.
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