knitting our hearts together

our cross-country move has pulled and tugged at the fibers that hold our family together. there has been fraying at points. and unraveling at others. but i am starting to believe, like deep down believe, that the overall result is a strengthening. i am finding out that we are more tightly woven than i once thought.

christmas was helpful in this regard. we spent a significant amount of energy grieving the loss of not celebrating with our "big family", and rightly so. but that almost caused me to forget this one simple thing: we like each other. we have fun together. we, ourselves, are a big family. sure, it's more fun with my sisters, and the cousins, and mafia and signs games, and the men doing all the dishes. but this here six pack, is a pretty sweet combo...

add a little grandma to the mix and it makes it even sweeter...

so our christmas was different, but still sweet. family. neighbors. friends. the time was filled with rich memories and new traditions. but christmas isn't really about what you do or who you are with. it's about what God did and who He sent. still, i liked what we did and who i was with...

now it's back to school, which i never like. but i like these signs of the strength of our interwovenness in every day life...

i'm not much of a crafts kind of girl. but i really like seeing this kind of knitting come to life.