Hey, Jen here...I have been wanting to start a little blog, just for myself, where I can chronicle my adventures in knitting. I didn't plan to share said blog, but I wanted to start one all the same. It would be my own personal little place where I kept track of all my knitting projects, especially the ones I wanted to give away.
Did I ever do it? Well, no - of course not. If I had, then I wouldn't be writing this little note. duh.
Cut to last week, when I found out that my friend Becky has cancer. No, not just cancer - Cancer. With a capital C. She is battling it with aggressive treatment far from home.
Now, I don't know Becky well - she is someone I met at church a few months ago, we've shared our faith and know eachother's faces. I probably know her better than she knows me - honestly she probably couldn't pick me out of a crowd.
But here's the thing: I can't stop thinking about her - every time I interacted with her, she touched me with her faith, her hope, her inner light. And last week, I participated in a healing rosary for her, and the church was full - she has touched so many others as well. So many people love her so dearly. And she is all alone, so far from the husband and sons who love her dearly but cannot be physically by her side, and my only thought is "I want to do something...but what?"
So I've knit her a prayer shawl. I'm sending it up her way and hoping that it gives her warmth and peace and I mostly hope that she can feel the love put into it when she wraps it around her shoulders.
And also, she has inspired me to actually start up this blog. One day I might share it with others, but for now, it's just for me.
