YIPPEEE!!!! — Rich is wondering why I am sitting here with tears running down my face and there is just no way to explain all the things in this post that made it happen …

I love you lady

I’m glad I got to be part of the moment when you walked into Purlescence. Unforgettable. It was so great to see you in person!

Wow…Knit night already! I had kind of talked myself into not expecting to meet you at Stitches…now I’m almost hoping, again.

hmmm… overdoing it as usual… good for you…

I’m really happy you were able to get out and see friends. That does make a difference, doesn’t it? We love you and continue to pray for you.

MBJ

I am so happy you were able to make it to the yarn shop. Please take it easy though, you are still fragile. Can’t wait to see the beautiful shawl.

I think this is where we say “turnabout is fair play”. I can’t imagine what you felt when you had your friends ambush you with the as yet unseen shawl. But I’ pretty sure it’s the feeling those other people got when you gave them you time and love in the form of a shawl…..

Wow! You are making such fabulous progress, Alison! Out at a knit night already. Awesome! I’m so glad you’re feeling better. You “sound” like your old self again, and that’s so wonderful to read. Looking forward to seeing pics of that beautiful shawl when you do find your camera. And congrats on being able to roll over again! That’s huge. I remember that same sense of triumph the last time I threw my back out, and I felt like I was finally getting better when I could change position in bed by myself, and get up by myself. It can only get better now, from here on. Just don’t overdo!

(((((hugs)))))

Mary did what we’d all like to do…gift you with a knitted gift of love. 🙂 I’m so glad you were able to go and be among friends, to receive the wonderful gift from Mary and to be able to turn over all by yourself…you’re making huge progress! And the cameras, my guess would be family members…they used them and didn’t put them back where they belong…just a guess. 🙂
Best wishes, Alison…I encourage you to just sit and enjoy your new shawl…and bask in the love! And when the culprit finally realizes they didn’t return your camera, we’d all love to see pictures of your beautiful, new shawl. 🙂
-Abby

Why were you so surprised? Love given as freely as you seem to give yours is always returned in kind.

God Bless dear you made my day!

Oh, dear heart, what joy and healing we get from the love of our friends! I am so glad you were able to go, and so glad you got such a wonderful surprise. Isn’t it wonderful the way the universe gives us what we need, when we need it, if we remain open?

Prayers of thanks now!

“It’s love made tangible.” you said in your post and it struck me that your book and your post illustrate how you do that with your knitting. I am glad to see it returning to you in such a fitting way. Sending wishes of continued healing! On a light aside – when you talked about rolling over, all I could think about was the song, “There was 10 in the bed and the little one said, “Roll Over! Roll Over!””. (Of course replacing “little one” with Allison! T

What a perfect evening! Way to go, Mary!

May the glow of that group carry you through the weekend in happiness!

You’re a treasure.

So glad you were able to get out and see your friends and grateful that you shared that moment with us. I, personally, thank Mary for doing what I was unable to do,too.

OH, how wonderful to be out and about, light as a feather, and rolling in bed. Yay God! Saying many prayers of thanks tonight.

All I can say is, Wonderful!

You couldn’t just send Simpkin, you had to go yourself ; ) Great news that you’re no longer stuck like Tom Kitten in Beatrix Potter’s “Roly-Poly Pudding.”

Any chance the camera and black cashmere are hiding together?

Thanks, Alison, for sharing this special moement in your life. I can’t wait to see the shawl. Mary is a special friend, indeed.
It’s wonderful to hear the progress you are making healthwise. Keep it up!!! Hugs!

how wonderful, a shawl for you! I am so pleased for you. I am thrilled you were able to go and see your friends AND get a shawl. I look forward to seeing it. Keep looking after yourself.

I’m so glad that you made it to Knit night. I hope it is the sign of many knit nights to come. Any so wonderful of Mary to gift you the shawl – you have gifted so many and you deserve one in return.

Oh, that’s wonderful – every single bit of it. Having the energy to go, and having everyone there waiting to surround you with love, and the shawl, and rolling all the way over and everything. Hooray!

Wow, your progress back to feeling better is amazing. I’m tickled you were able to attend knit night. 🙂

Your camera is probably having a private rendez-vous with your black cashmere. I’m so glad you feel well enough to leave the house (even if you require an escort/bodygaurd) and that you can roll yourself over in bed without fear of great pain or splitting yourself open. There is hope that normal life will return.

We were all so glad to see you!! *hug*

Wonderful! So looking forward to seeing pictures of the shawl. I’m sure it’s beautiful.

I almost never cry…but your post brought tears to my eyes…I am sooooooooooooooooo happy for you and the progress back to “normal”…

I’m so glad to see you posting! And that you’re knitting!!! Those have to be good signs that you’re really feeling better.

Wonderful wonderful. I’m so happy that you could go!!! That’s the kind of thing that will get you well soon. 🙂

I am crying reading this. This whole time I’ve been wishing I lived closer…what a wonderful scene you are describing.
To be able to turn over-you’ve turned a corner!

How wonderful that you were able to get out and go, and how wonderful that you have such a cheer section of great friends. 🙂

Alison, I’m so glad that things seem to be looking up. And that you are persevering!

Hey, having had a c-section and, later, a hysterectomy, I can *really* relate to the “I rolled over in bed!” theory that it marks the beginning of feeling semi-normal! For the first couple of days, I had to get someone to hand me the blanket from the end of the bed–I couldn’t reach down and pull it up myself. (Hey, even my OB-GYN did it for me and tucked me in after checking in on me in the hospital! He’s a peach!) Sitting up without having to use my arms, shoulders, sides, hands, throwing a toot or leg…was a real point of accomplishment.
Glad to hear you got “out and about”.