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Nov. 16, 2007
To kniternity and beyond
In a spate of over confident generosity I gifted my sister in law with three matching sweaters.. one for my niece, one for my nephew and one for my "to be announced early in December."
She chose the wool and I chose the pattern, I casted on.. I loved the wool and the pattern all through the babies sweater back, I liked it all through the nephews back and I am down to enduring it all through the nieces back. If they would be happy with just pinning the backs of their sweaters on to a t-shirt I could quit now... but alas, the concept of a sweater is a whole garment not just a back. SO I will press on.
Casting on always gives me that surge I need to get me through the first few rows. Then I start to play games with my self.. how many rows before the baby wakes? How many rows before the water boils? How many rows until the sheer mental energy required forces me to run screaming from the room?
The fact that I frequently play these games should have been enough to warn me off such a magnaminous gift. How many math problems can I go through with my emerging learners before the baby wakes, how many phonics lessons can I endure before screaming.. "it's A..aaaaaaaaaaaaaah..a..a...a. it was a yesterday and the day before and hte day before that...." I reinvent school on a periodic basis, I reinvent house work.. if I could reinvent the repetitive work of breathing I probably would try.
For now I remind myself of the joy the sweaters will bring.. joy for me as I cast off and hand them over, joy to my sister in law as she unwraps them, joy to my niece, nephew and to be decided as they wear this proof of my unswerving love for them. And while I'm at it I will look forward to the joy of reading and knowing a, of the click, the light that shines, the OOOOH and AAHHHH as the children unwrap the next school adventure. I'm not quite at reveling in the housework but maybe that will be my next wheel to reinvent..
Sometimes mothering and teaching and living is one big rerun and I have to remind myself that it is only a rerun for me in the semantics, the little people who are trusting me for guidance don't know I have done this before they only care that I am doing it for them.
Wendy
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Posted by Anonymous 
Nov. 16, 2007 - Excellent Words!
Sharon - www.lifeinthetribe.com