RAVE

Ok, So I shall take the advice of my totally awesome SIL Crystal, and move on to raving instead of ranting!

Had a totally awesome time yesterday sewing with M. She made a beautiful blouse (pretty shee-shee if I do say so myself M!) and worked on her quilt while I made mistake after mistake on mine. Lol But we got a lot done and I am SO thankful!!!!

I feel she (ok, brace yourself for the gush M) is helping me become the woman I always wanted to be!!! At least in terms of being skilled at many of the fine arts of homemaking. I love that we (and so many of us here in the group: HSC, Fearless, New Z, Lisa) share not just recipes but FOOD, not just sewing instruction but TIME sewing, not just fellowship but FRIENDSHIP.

I love being able to walk through the young years of sweet Kate with a woman who KNOWS what being a child should be all about. (Man M, you should really tell your doll story on your blog) and how beautiful childhood can be.

We were talking today about how Kate is a blank slate and how incredibly wonderful and fun it is to have her and be able to do things differently with her. We talked about how though I do not expect to see a different result with her as I am happy how I am raising the others (in practical terms...) I can expect her to have different experiences than the others. More....HOMESCHOOLY ones!!! And that my sisters, is too sweet for words....