MOD CROCHET CHRISTMAS HARD CANDY CROCKPOT DUST COVER

This past year has been a year I wouldn’t wish on anyone. For me, it has been 12 months of learning to live solo after being in a couple relationship for 44 years – that relationship came to an end December 14^th, 2018; and I have spent the past 365 days learning to solo with a broken wing (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2018/12/widowhood.html & https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2019/12/1-year-since-bobs-been-absent-from-my.html).

Today is the first real day of the rest of my life. I grieved hard for 12 months: now it is time to get back to living fully, as hard as I grieved.

I don’t know what the future holds for me; and I really have no plans at all for how to proceed forward, other than just placing one foot in front of the other and moving forward. It has been a loooong while since I have been solo with no responsibilities, other than just taking care of me.

What I do know, is that from this day forward … as in all the previous 365 days, Yeshua will walk by my side and see me safely through until I, too, join my husband beyond the clouds.

While I was thinking on the significance of this day, and all the implications of what this day means; I designed and worked up another kitchen appliance dust cover – this one is for my oval crockpot:

MOD Crochet Oval Hard Candy Crockpot Dust Cover; ribbon candy and asst. hard candies trim.

Counter top appliances line up ...

(https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-hen-house_11.html). 

Designing these things keeps my mind occupied, keeps my hands limber, and adds color back into my life. And they are purposeful too – the dust covers will help keep the lids of the appliance’s dust and grease free. I only have one more to design and work up ;-)

Today I am moving forward in slo-mo mode – I always take a 3 day weekend. But tomorrow, I’ll grab the bull by the horns and set this new life in motion ;-)

It is hard no longer having your other half physically in your life anymore. But, like the song says, “Me? I’ll bounce right back and be fine and dandy. I’m barely getting through to tomorrow, but I won’t let sorrow bring me way down.”

Bob would not want me lost in sorrow. And our Faith encourages us to move past sorrow - sorrow is a part of life; and Yeshua, Himself, was well acquainted with sorrow while he, too, walked earth as a man - BUT, we were not created to remain in a sorrowful state.

And, I WAS thinking of this song, sung by Dolly, while my fingers were busy crafting this dust cover :-D