I’m Blessed

I’m feeling so blessed these days.  So many thing are going on that it feels a bit like a whirlwind.  I hope it settles soon, but looking at my calender for this next week, I’m thinking I’ll have to readjust my expectations.

On Saturday, my local yarn store through me a party to celebrate my Knitscene publication.

They had flowers, amazing cupcakes that I guess the owner’s daughter made (and who I must hunt down and get her recipes…salted caramel cupcakes, strawberry cheesecake cupcakess, chai cupcakes…), and people came from even an hour away to have me sign their copy of the magazine.  I’ve never seen the shop so packed, and I couldn’t believe so many people came.  My old Norwegian teacher from high school came, sat by me for a few hours because she was just so proud of me, and she doesn’t even knit.  It was so very sweet.  I can’t believe she still remembers me, but I guess since she was also my mom’s teacher, as well as my brother’s, she’s had multiple exposures to our family.  I met some new people too, and it was just so fun to learn about each one of them.  I wish I had more time to talk with everyone.

This is me knitting at the party, though it doesn’t look busy right then!  My friend, Sheila, stole my camera and took a few of pictures at the party since I forgot.  Thanks Shelia!  Of course I brought a knitting project along for during the lulls.  I didn’t get nearly as much done as I thought I would.

The day before, I released a new self published pattern so I had another pattern to bring to the yarn store party, and it has really taken off.  I mean, it’s about twice as popular on Ravelry in the last weekend as my next popular pattern has been since it was released about a year ago.  I’m overwhelmed.  Seriously overwhelmed and every sale feels like this amazing compliment.

How else have I been blessed this week?  Let me think of something non-knitting related.  Knut and I finally got our post-harvest date.  I ordered steak with served with a bacon-butter sauce.  There was broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes on the side so that makes it ok, right?  It was amazing.  I still dream of it.  I apologized to Knut for clogging his baby’s arteries before she was even born.  He was convinced it was good for her.

I’m still fighting my cold, but today I see my midwife, and I’m hoping she’ll be full of suggestions.  She normally is.  I get to bring all 4 kids along to my appointment today, so if you’re reading this you could say a little prayer for me.  I’ve brought them all along before, and they actually did quite well.  She has a little play area set up for them, and I usually bring some snacks.  She doesn’t mind, but I seem to cut our talk short when all the kids are there.  None of that is talking about blessings, though, so let me think.  I’m blessed to have a midwife that anticipates kids coming along and doesn’t mind.  I’m blessed my older kids are usually a big help.  I blessed to have healthcare available.

As I look ahead in my calender this week, and see piano lessons, election day (and won’t we all feel blessed when that’s over and we can all be friends again?  Seriously…), church stuff, and my brother visiting from California for Elias’ birthday, I know I can’t do it all well.  I’m so blessed that I feel God has been supernaturally holding me up through my cold season, and encouraging me every morning.  I’ve been really blessed reading through Isaiah lately.  I’m taking my time and really seeing a lot for the first time.  I’ve been blessed to catch a few naps, and have had some really good deep discussions with my older 2 kids lately.  They have the most amazing minds, and I love that they come to me and tell me what is on their minds and just teaching them about life.  I feel so blessed to see my relationship with my kids bloom as we press on this journey.

This next week my prayer is that I can sleep and breathe a little better.  I pray God will continue to wake me up for devotions, because I don’t think I’ll make it the whole week without crashing otherwise.  I pray the visit with my brother is good.  Even with a full schedule, I don’t know exactly what blessings God has in store for me this next week.  I’m eager to find out.

I love reading how each of you has been blessed!  If you want to leave a comment saying how you have been blessed, it would be such an encouragement to me, as well as other readers who stop by.  Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice.