The truth is, I am heartbroken. I feel terrible, even as I write this. And, to make it even worse, I know that there is no way to do anything about it
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This makes me really sad. It just all seems like too much for one family. I hope you can come up with something fun for her birthday that doesn't cost you too much.
My mother has some really nice starched coasters at the cottage. Unfortunately I don't have the pattern but they're very much like these: http://knotsncrafts.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html I like them because they're not floppy.
Yeah. It has been a bad year. But, hopefully things will start looking up. I just needed to vent about it, because it is bothering. Thank you for the pattern.
To be honest, it doesn't sound like things can get much worse. This means only one thing - the future will be better. Just make it through this period and you'll be okay.
I would LOVE a dreamcatcher for a birthday present. I would hang that right up over my bed and know I was safe. Trips are nice, but, they end and sometimes, as you mentioned, not so well. But a dreamcatcher? Now that's a keeper! :)
The crap is being cleaned out of your lives. Focus on what is solid around you.
As a mother, I can tell you that it's not what you give, it's the love you give it with. You really love your mother so your mother will see that. You don't have to give her expensive gifts to give her something she will cherish the most. She will love the coasters you make because you made them with love for her.
I so agree with adelheid_p - the love you give your mom each day is part of what is keeping her going during this tough year. Things that we give with money aren't what is important. The important things in our lives are those that come from the heart.
One of the things we gave my mom was a memory jar. All of us wrote out favorite memories and put them in a jar. She could take one out and read it each day or when she was feeling down. She loved that jar and read and re-read those memories. There wasn't much money involved, just lots of love.
Hugs, congrats on the good grades in English class and have a great evening,
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My mother has some really nice starched coasters at the cottage. Unfortunately I don't have the pattern but they're very much like these: http://knotsncrafts.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html I like them because they're not floppy.
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The crap is being cleaned out of your lives. Focus on what is solid around you.
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One of the things we gave my mom was a memory jar. All of us wrote out favorite memories and put them in a jar. She could take one out and read it each day or when she was feeling down. She loved that jar and read and re-read those memories. There wasn't much money involved, just lots of love.
Hugs, congrats on the good grades in English class and have a great evening,
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