Welcome to another week of still working on the Dottie shawl. Life has been busy for about a week, leaving me with very little time to knit. Add in my irritability from yesterday, which might still be lingering today, and well, I’m sure you get the picture. If you have ever had one of those weeks where everything feels overwhelming and you barely find time for the things that bring you peace, you are not alone. Have you had a difficult week, too? I would love to hear if you h

It’s after midnight, and the family is in bed, but I am still up. The house is quiet, and I find myself wandering through my thoughts in the dark. I feel tangled inside—a mix of restlessness and heaviness, but I can’t quite put a name to it. There’s an emptiness, a sort of floating feeling, like I’m suspended between wanting to sleep and being afraid to let my mind settle. I have moments when I feel sad for no obvious reason, and others when I just feel numb. Not knowing how