Archive for April, 2010

Somethings a little askew with Emma today.

She is definitely out of sorts.

Could it be that her front tooth is hanging by a thread?

I have a snaggle-tooth daughter.  I’m sort of getting a Nanny McPhee vibe.

Her sister Lily tried to show her how easy it is to pull out your top front teeth.  She’s lost both of them recently after all.  “Just push back, then forward, then side to side.  Then give it a hard yank.  That’s all I did.  Don’t be a fraidy cat!”

Ben even offered to give it the hard yank.  To which Emma surprisingly agreed.

But to no avail.  He yanked, she cried.  But he was sure he heard it pop…  “Just let me try again Emma.  I’m sure it will come out this time.”  Fool me twice she thinks.  No way.  I’ll try it myself.

But, try as she might, it’s still hanging by a thread.

At least for now.

Any woman who sews or knits, or weaves, blends colors in a tapestry or creates a patchwork quilt, knows by the feel that a single thread is weak, but the weaving, the blending, the intertwining with many others makes it strong.  Any woman alone without friends to sustain her, to nurture and support, to hold with loving arms, like a single thread is weak.  But the weaving, the loving, the nurturing of others, the networks of friendship makes her strong.       – “Barbara,” 1994 The Kinship of Women

I came across this quote the other day and had to share.  It makes me think of all of you-  the friends whose blogs I read, and love, and am inspired by; those of you who read Make it Do, among many other wonderful blogs; the support we give each other in our comments and emails.  What a lovely network of friendship- it spans all around the world- weaving a thread that makes us all stronger.