Sad Goodbyes

I apologize for my absence last week.  After recently taking a few day off from blogging, I was looking forward to getting back to regular posting and sharing my spring "indoor" projects with you. Despite good intentions, circumstances kept me from coming to my computer last week. Most of our household, including Hubby and myself, came down with a nasty virus...sore throat, runny nose, aches, coughing.  In spite of my earnest efforts to keep Little #6 healthy (her little lungs and immune system do not tolerate viruses of any sort), she was soon complaining of a runny nose and achy legs. It is always very intense (and often times scary) when she is sick. Her body, however, responded remarkably well to this bout of illness, and Little #6 is now on the road to recovery.  For that I am very thankful.  We took lots of vitamin C and homemade elderberry syrup along with many cups of hot Cold Care tea.  Many of us are now on the mend, but a few are still down with it.  I can't wait until the weather warms, and I can open the windows and doors, filling the house with the cleansing spring air.

Along with being sick, my sweet kitty, Molly, passed away last week. After nineteen years together, she and I were dear friends, and it was ever so difficult to say goodbye.  I am still finding it difficult to go to bed at night. Without fail, Molly always waited for me to crawl under the covers so she could curl up with me.  She wouldn't leave my side all night long. If I rolled over, she rolled with me.  If I got up to go to the bathroom or check a baby, she followed me to the door and waited until I came back.  I knit with her sitting on my chest, and I read with her sitting on my book.  She stole a piece of my heart, and our home feels empty without her. I just couldn't find the courage to blog after losing her last week.

This is a new week, and I'm trying it again.  I do hope that you are finding your week to be off to a good start.