The Love of My Life
Moody Blues is available at Valley Artisans Market in Cambridge, NY. Hand embroidery is the love of my life. We have been separated for far too long lately. Hand embroidery has been the one constant in my ever-changing life. Embroidery has been my companion since I was a little girl at the side of my grandmother. It's been there through the losses and the happiness of my life. It has taught me patience and forgiveness and joy. It has brought me closer to God then anything else in my life. I can feel his presence as I envision and create a new piece. Embroidery allows me to be colorful, hopeful, peaceful, to feel whole. It stitches together all of the pieces of my broken heart over and over again. I can lose myself in the beauty of each stitch using both my hands and my heart. When I am troubled embroidery is the first thing to go. I suppose it's a way of punishing myself, of not loving myself. It is a way that I can deny myself the beauty,love and peace that...