Finding Happiness In The New Normal

Good for you!!! At the beginning of the year, I flew (alone) to Perth to visit my Sister in law and some of my nieces and nephews who I hadn't seen since my brother's funeral in 1995.. It was heaven and very good for all. Good for me, as I spent time with my extended family and I felt just like a regular person during the flight as well as in Perth. Good for my family here back home, as they realised that I wasn't so fragile after all. As you know, I have problems with my balance and walking, but I took my good friend Sam (my wheeled walker) with me and did my own thing. Sam has become very important to me...he's great...he doesn't argue with me and he doesn't pee on the toilet seat either. So I see him as a positive, rather than as a negative. Of course I have my knitting too. In a way, it will be my bit of life and self for as long as the item exists if I drop off my perch. I still have two cardigans my most loved mother in law knitted for my daughter when she was about eight. She's 34 now and every now and again, I take them out and run my hands over them and remember Daph sitting in her chair, basket at her side and clicking away. She died in 1997 and  I can almost see, hear and smell her then as a handle these thing she made. one loving stitch at a time. This is my drug and my sanity, and you need to find and enjoy yours too. xoxo Much love, Ally.