Stitching Myself Back Together – Grief, Gratitude and Hart Square 2019
I’ve been working through a hard time and reflecting today on how important our crafts are to our lives. Quilting has helped me stitch myself back together again, through grief and back to gratitude. I’m going to share a lot of good news, bad news and the joy of hand quilting at Hart Square once again.
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Stitching Myself Back Together
This is a sad podcast this week as I share some bad news that has sent me for a loop through these last two weeks of the month. I’m still sad, but please know that I will be okay. I’m working through this and, best of all, stitching my way through it day by day.
The fact of the matter is, we cannot be happy all the time!
While it’s hard to be vulnerable like this, I can’t turn on the camera and pretend to be happy when I’m not. And besides, that’s not why I make this podcast! I make it to share my life, warts and all.
So if you are going through a hard time, if you are wading through the rivers of grief, please know that you are not alone. I encourage you to keep crafting, keep creating. Don’t push yourself beyond your skill level or take on 50 projects at once. Just focus on getting your stitches in every day, one at a time.
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
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I’m sorry to hear about your struggle and this sad time. I wish you the best and hope that you don’t have postpartum depression next time. I had it bad with my first and not at all with my second.
Thank you for sharing Marti. I appreciate knowing that might not be in my future, but I’m going into this assuming it probably will. We can’t have the good without the bad.
Leah, i haven’t yet listened to the pod cast, but i want you to know that i care, without even knowing what you’ve lived with, i hope this tiiny bit of love and caring will somewhat soften it…. waiting with you for healing…..
Thank you so much Shoshana!
Dear sweet Leah,
I am so so sorry for your bad news. It can be a very difficult time dealing with all the emotions that accompany a miscarriage. I too, miscarried right after I announced my pregnancy to my family. Back then, you had to be pregnant at least 6 weeks to be able to perform a test. I learned that 10% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. I don’t know if that information will be helpful to you, but it helped me stop wondering what I had done wrong to cause the miscarriage. Please don’t do that to yourself. God’s speed in your recovery and I pray that you get pregnant quickly as soon as you are ready. Thanks for all you do for the quilting community. I love your blog and podcasts.
With love,
Karen
I struggled with that (feeling like I’d done something wrong) for a few days too. It just simply wasn’t meant to be. I’m so sorry for your loss.
Hi Leah, my heart goes out to you. I lost a baby but I had a beautiful daughter 11 months after I lost the one. My daughter is the oldest of 3 and she is 40 years old. You and I are so similar! I am introverted, I suffer with SAD, and I know sadness. Take your time and only you know your time you need to grieve. I have quilted almost all my life and I love so much to watch you and I love Your spiritually. It matches mine exactly from what I can tell. You take care and remember everything happens for a reason and everything has perfect timing. I am excited to hear updated news on your family as time goes on. All my best, Daria
Thank you so much Daria. I really appreciate your kindness and support.
Leah and Josh, massive hugs to you both. While sometimes the body knows more than the heart, it still stinks. Rejoice in what you have. Over time the pain will pass, I promise, especially if you can use this to strengthen your love and bonds with each other and your extended family.
Thank you, Heather!
Leah! I totally relate to your experience. We were married 6 years before we finally were able to adopt a son. Two years later we had a miracle baby, 6 years later I had a miscarriage but was able to conceive six months later! So hopefully it will work out for you! We had a boy and then 7 years after that we had our fourth son! I was 42 years old! So never give up! I’m still amazed at how we ended up with our four boys when we for sure thought we wouldn’t have any children at all. Hang in there and thanks for all you’re doing to help us all enjoy our wonderful hobby! God Bless!
Thank you so much for sharing Beth. Wow! That is amazing after thinking you could never have kids. I hope your four boys bring loads of joy to your life.
I’m so sorry for what you have been going through. You are a very gentle loving soul, and I appreciate you so much. About six weeks ago I lost my only child, who took his own life. He was 23, and had profound mental illness. I’m grieving and sewing a lot. Life has been hard for a very long time. Sarah
I’m so so sorry Sarah. Keep stitching. Just keep stitching.
Sorry for your loss. Hats off to you for talking about mental health issues as well. Always good. You never know who you helped along the way by doing that.
Thank you Claudette. That’s exactly why I share.
Leah and Josh, I’m so sorry for your loss. There is a reason for everything and a time as well, but that doesn’t make it easier to go through. Leah, you are such a special person and your honesty and candor in all things is so heartwarming in these days of Instagram and Facebook “perfection”. Thank you for sharing your life’s ups and downs with your quilt family. We love you and care about your wellbeing. You are so honest and have such a good heart. I pray you will receive many blessings and feel comforted during this difficult time.
Thank you Rita. We both sincerely appreciate your kindness and support.