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Mom Valentines

February 8, 2016 Lauren Foley
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Valentine's Day is all about showing our love for others.  Life is short, spread your love! Typically we send cards, flowers, or something sentimental to a significant other, crush, or lover but this year I thought, why not celebrate the moms in my life?  Motherhood is a difficult and sometimes lonely journey and without the sisterhood of motherhood it would be exponentially more difficult.  If you'd like to celebrate a mom friend or just give her something to smile about, head over to my Facebook page and tag her in your favorite valentine (or share it on her wall)!

In Artwork, Uncategorized Tags Artwork, Illustration, Illustrations, Love, Motherhood, Valentine, Valentine's Day
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I’m in somewhat of a weird place as I get ready to send my oldest to kindergarten. So I’m coping with copious amounts of knitting. I’m knitting this #morainesweater with leftovers from my recently finished #ingallssweater (photos forthcoming) but my daughter was annoyed at the lack of rainbow colors in my original palette, so I added one in the stars. She’s pleased, but now I’ve got about a million ends to weave in 😅🌈
Knitting outside at six in the morning because the dog needed an early morning bathroom break. When the world feels heavy, rest. But don’t forget to get back up. Image: a green and pink colorwork sweater piled in my lap. A cup of coffee sits beside me. My Fitbit is waiting for me to get to work, and my pink bathrobe is keeping me warm.
Throwback to my first year of teaching myself to crochet in 2011. There’s a lot of difference between those two squares, but when I created the first square (blue) it looked great to me. I thought I had that whole crochet thing all figured out. It took weeks of constant practice, frogging project after project, and gathering as much knowledge as I could before I got to the orange square. I made posts on my old blog about how I was mastering crochet, and I look back now and can’t help but laugh a little. Life is kind of like that, isn’t it? The only way we get to the orange square (and beyond) is to keep learning, keep reflecting, and grow. Image: two crochet squares, one orange and neatly executed, one blue and sloppily done, both imperfect.
I, like many others in the knitting community, struggle with anxiety. I know that using social media increases my anxiety. I also know that while being called in is uncomfortable, it’s also extremely generous. I don’t wish a mental breakdown or panic attack on anyone else (they’re horrible). But having anxiety doesn’t erase one’s social responsibilities or accountability. Image: a white woman’s hand resting on a knit green sweater with pink flowers.

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