This made me tear up a bit - what a beautiful way to lovingly stitch your family (biological and bonus) together ❤ I also prefer that word 'bonus', we use it in the Netherlands as well.
Your family is lucky to have you Katrice! X Laura.
Love this Katrice. I made a load of large withie and tissue lanterns for my sister's wedding over two decades ago, then just kast year made some more for her daughter (my niece) 'S wedding... The continuity is satisfying, and being able to use my skills to make a contribution even more so
As I sit waiting to return from the windy isles off Sicily and reflect on meeting up with an old Italian friend with his new extended family your poem and piece provoked a tear or two.
Thankyou Katrice...stitch and sew, stitch and sew is such a powerful metaphor and in your case reality. It is the way to spread a more united family of humans. Such a beautiful honouring of the past and how this brings life's bonusses...what a great way of reframing as a bonus family rather than all the connotations of step brothers,sisters, mum, dad, daughter, son. Being part of a bonus family for 54 years of my life when mum remarried when I was 13, has been am absolute joy...but I always struggled to name my new brother, sister and niece and nephew by adding step. Step feels like a step away...rather than towards. And now you've gifted this reframe and I rejoice....thanks x
Thank you so much for your lovely words Jon. We all stitch in different ways - whether with words or actions, thread or food - they are all attempts to bring us nearer to each other.
This made me tear up a bit - what a beautiful way to lovingly stitch your family (biological and bonus) together ❤ I also prefer that word 'bonus', we use it in the Netherlands as well.
Your family is lucky to have you Katrice! X Laura.
Thank you Laura. That means a lot.
Love this Katrice. I made a load of large withie and tissue lanterns for my sister's wedding over two decades ago, then just kast year made some more for her daughter (my niece) 'S wedding... The continuity is satisfying, and being able to use my skills to make a contribution even more so
Providing light is a wonderful ritual.
As I sit waiting to return from the windy isles off Sicily and reflect on meeting up with an old Italian friend with his new extended family your poem and piece provoked a tear or two.
Thankyou Katrice...stitch and sew, stitch and sew is such a powerful metaphor and in your case reality. It is the way to spread a more united family of humans. Such a beautiful honouring of the past and how this brings life's bonusses...what a great way of reframing as a bonus family rather than all the connotations of step brothers,sisters, mum, dad, daughter, son. Being part of a bonus family for 54 years of my life when mum remarried when I was 13, has been am absolute joy...but I always struggled to name my new brother, sister and niece and nephew by adding step. Step feels like a step away...rather than towards. And now you've gifted this reframe and I rejoice....thanks x
Thank you so much for your lovely words Jon. We all stitch in different ways - whether with words or actions, thread or food - they are all attempts to bring us nearer to each other.