John,
I already answered that!
Kathy


At 08:08 AM 4/20/2005, you wrote:
>Kathy, does the shawl ever get done, and, if so, what do you do with it?  Lol.
>
>earlier, Kathy Du Bois, wrote:
> >Hey Guys,
> >         I have no particular reason for sharing this, except to let you
> > know that
> >I do have a life outside of what is going on with Chris.  Besides, I'm kind
> >of proud of myself.  I like to share victories as well as defeats.
> >
> >         First of all, I  have  been fascinated with the idea of a prayer
> > shawl
> >ministry for a long time and I kind of wanted to get involved, or maybe
> >even start one at our church.  Problem, well, I kind of know how to knit a
> >straight stitch, but that's it!  When it comes to domestic stuff and hand
> >crafts, I'm kind of a disaster, but I really wanted to figure out a way to
> >do this.  Well, I finally started talking about it with the ladies around
> >our church.  Of course, I was immediately intimidated because, all these
> >ladies are great at knitting.  I could tell from their
> >enthusiastic  response that I was probably in  over my head
> >already.  Anyway, three of these grand-motherly ladies stayed after church
> >and managed to teach me how to pearl and, I got it!  Yea!!  Now, for those
> >of you who do knit, I need to tell you that these ladies had a real
> >challenge on their hands because, not only couldn't I see what they were
> >doing so that I could imitate it, forcing them to put their motions into
> >words, but, I'm also left handed, which means that I already knit backwards
> >from them, but pearling is backwards knitting and so these pour ladies had
> >to try to figure out how to do a double reverse.  Anyway, hurray!  I
> >finally got it.  Now, I've been sitting around, driving our cat crazy by
> >continuing to practice.  It looks horrible, but I continue to be determined
> >because I just love the concept so much.
> >         For anybody who doesn't know, a prayer shawl is a shawl that
> you knit
> >while praying for someone.  Some people pray to one of the members of the
> >trinity for each row, but I'm not into that.  I just like the idea of
> >concentrating on somebody in prayer and then being able to give them
> >something to let them know that they really have been prayed for.  There's
> >nothing mystical or anything about it.  It's just, kind of a neat
> >gesture.  Anyway, I'm knitting and pearling now and, since it's the prayers
> >and not the looks that count, I'm excited.
> >         The other accomplishment of my weekend, I actually  sealed
> > today.  I've
> >sent out my first querey letter to try to have one of my dramas
> >published.  It's  a skit based on the parable of the four soils.  I'm kind
> >of nervice about it; especially since the publishing field is paved with
> >rejection letters, but I just felt that it was time for me to begin moving
> >forward.  Oh, isn't the enemy already attacking me on that one.  Oh
> >well.    I put it in the mailbox and told God that it is in His hands now,
> >and I mean it.
> >         In other news, Chris did do some partying on Friday night.  Now
> > too, he
> >has a girl friend, so the plot thickens.  He was okay about Greg not
> >letting him drive though and, in general, I think that we're all just
> >trying to lay low, on both sides, for now.  Chris is actually being much
> >more polite since he came home from Cromwell, over all.  Greg and I
> >continue to lay plans for therapy for him and suring up our base of
> >support.  Who knows where Mr. Christopher will be in 191 days, when he
> >turns 18.  All I know is, where he will be, will be a result of his
> >choosing, good or bad because we're not going to protect him from his
> >choices.
> >         In an earlier post, Matt had mentioned that he had done partying
> > in high
> >school and is still shaking off the effects of those choices.  Well, yes, I
> >suppose that if there were one time in most of our lives that we wish that
> >we could change, it would be our teen years.  The deal is, now, that  I'm
> >seeing those years from the other side and having to lern how to be the
> >parent of a teen, especially when it means protecting other minor children
> >that you are responsible for is daunting at times.  Greg and I are probably
> >growing more now than we did as a result of our original, individual
> >stupidities as a teen.  If all you have to worry about is letting your kid
> >sleep in, get  to school late  and serve a detention as a result, you are
> >blessed indeed.
> >Have a good one, guys!
> >Kathy
>
>John
>
>    My girlfriend said I never listen to her, or something ...