Lots of Changes

 Well, it’s been awhile. Lots going on and I haven’t been able to make it back to blogging.

Wildflowers is a quilt top!

First of all (so very hard to write this),  I was with my youngest son and his wife for a month while they were waiting on their first baby. In very sad news, their little baby girl was stillborn. We are all quite heartbroken as you can imagine.

 Then, when I got back home, my aging father had declined even more since some serious troubles in January. As it stands now, we are making sure that he and my mother (who has Alzheimer’s), have 24 hour care from their children.  When my dad passes, my mom will still need much care and help as my dad and my next younger sister have been shouldering the brunt of that challenge for a long time. 

And if that wasn’t enough, my husband has recently decided to sell our home of almost 20 years. His health hasn’t ever fully recovered from 2 winters ago and we have had many struggles. In the end, we have had to face up to the fact that life is not going return to the reality we previously enjoyed. There is no choice but to make some life changes, whether we want to or not. I am on board with the need for downsizing, but am facing quite a lot of overwhelm at the moment. The house and property are in need of some major tlc, which our children have offered to help out with before the listing & selling. Thankfully we won’t be going at it alone but wowsers, such good timing! Is it wrong of me to already be grieving the loss of my quilting room too?

That being said, quilting and blogging are going to be on a back burner, as needs must. I do have a quilt in the hoop and several handwork projects prepped so yeah. Not giving up on quilting completely! Will possibly pop back in here occasionally or if it seems easier in the short term, over at my quilty_folk Instagram. {I just can’t imagine having the time for long blog posts.} 

Thanks for hanging out with me through the almost 15 years of blogging. It’s been wonderful to find true quilting friends. As to the Bramble Blooms QAL,  I guess my BBIII is on hold for the indeterminate future? Yours doesn’t have to be though. There should be enough posted for anyone interested in continuing, to finish up and see a 3-quilt comparison. We’ll see where this next chapter of our life takes us. I’ve heard that change is sometimes the catalyst for better things in life…