Our children were little together. And then Pam moved away.
She and her husband and teenage daughter, born since they’d moved away, were here visiting from out of state and we old-timers at church did not know they were coming.
So when Marguerite came into the last meeting a moment late, I quietly motioned with a thumb across my shoulder to make sure she wouldn’t miss Pam-of-all-people sitting next to me.
Look of confusion back at me: Huh?
I leaned back in my seat so she could see. I tell you, that moment of surprised joy in her face, the same one that had been on mine just a few minutes earlier–it was one of those universal moments where the love that is behind it all is suddenly brightly clear.
Pam later was explaining to her daughter that I was the one who’d made her shawl.
And then I was explaining to the daughter that this morning I had felt like I was going to see someone I was going to want to give something to that I’d knit. I’d gone through a few projects and picked out a scarf I liked and hoped whoever it was going to be, if I really was supposed to, would, too. (And I’d told myself to be open to whatever was going to happen; after all, this is precisely why I knit. For joy.)
And so at that she went from grateful but shy and unsure to letting me give her the soft Malabrigo wool scarf. But I had to say to Rich, her dad, that no, sorry, I hadn’t spun and dyed that one. It was hand-dyed, though.
Store-bought yarn. What’s the world coming to. Heh.
Rich told me he’s looking forward to this year’s Christmas card.
I’d better start remembering right now to do them this year.
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Love those moments! I’m glad you get to share them with people dear to your heart. 🙂
I am telling you: you are the “yarn whisperer”. Were you born with this talent or does it come with experience? (i.e. is there hope for me to achieve this in this lifetime?)
Comment by Suzanne from Montreal 07.28.14 @ 6:20 pmNo coincidences… Thank you for sharing your kindness and yarn-goodness with all of us!
(And for reminding me while there’s still time to get a family portrait done for the card in question…)
Comment by Channon 07.28.14 @ 7:16 pmFor a minute there, I thought you were calling me. lol! Apparently, most Pams are pretty good people… So glad you had the chance to reconnect!
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