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This week I took apart the braided rug my Mom made for me in 1984, as a present when I received my MSW degree. It had come apart at the seams, and some of the wool had frayed. My idea is to put it back together, smaller and tighter, without the dominant pink color. It is a bigger project than I even thought it might be. It made me realize that this Covid year has done the same thing for me, unraveled what was too old to use, cut out the frayed edges, and left me with enough material to create a new braid, with just the colors I want, and none other. I have begun to put that new braid together, and that will be my project for the year. I will not resume those things that took time, but were not important to me. I will weave in the new threads of computer knowledge that I have gained, to create a brighter internet image. I will take the time to sew in the different areas of the country that I will travel to as soon as my vaccines start working. I will take some of the wool (mostly pink) and make a small rug for my granddaughter. And most importantly, I will appreciate the love that went into making the original braided rug, wool strips cut by my mother’s hands, ironed, stitched, and sewn together In the way she showed her amazing creativity and love. --Cynthia
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