Perhaps I enjoy it so much because I relate to it. It's lots of little pieces of different colors and patterns slapped together in a crazy way, much like life. Then somehow when you step back and take a look, it's not that bad. On each seem you are supposed to sew a different decorative stitch. These came to seem like the moments of life that remind you that "all of this is worth it." Like when your daughter just says "l love you," for no reason. Or when you get to sit down to "tea" with them and watch one pour everyones tea so very carefully. These moments are the ones that seem to cover some of the rought edges, or crooked corners and make life much like a piece of art. Not one to hang on the wall, but one you want to suggle under when you are cold, sick, or just sitting with someone you love.
I know I am waxing a little notsalgic, but the girls are sleeping and for now I can remember the bright moments without any overtones of crying, or complaints! So what am I trying to say??? Well I guess that even when life seems crazy and disjointed, if you take a moment to step back and really look at it, you might see something surprising. Not a beautiful tapestry with everything in it's proper place, but a crazy mishmash, that somehow works and is even more worth cherishing than the tapestry you thought you were going to create when you first got started. A quote my mom had hanging in our kitchen for many years, "Families are a group of people who stick together and help each other with problems they wouldn't have if they weren't a family."
So keep at it I guess and cherish the beautiful stitches that come through our lives to bring happiness and joy, to cover the less sightly things that are sometimes there. Anway this is getting longer by the second. So just a photo of my crazy quilt block that got me thinking all of this in the first place. Thanks for being a part of the crazy quilt of my life and the color and stitches that you have added over the years.
