sometimes living overseas away from the place you grew up in is great, but sometimes not so much. recently i found that someone who means a great deal to me is dying of stomach cancer, and beyond sending letters there is very little i can do for her over here across the ocean.

and then i was doing a little websearch about different ways to donate crafts and handmade things, and i came across this link which has several of the links listed on the right, but many new ones as well.

currently, i’ve been really busy and have been mostly making things for people i have in my life (and for the many new babies that are about to be welcomed into this world!) and not donating things to charity.

i know that one day i’ll have more time (and energy) to donate things that i make to people/animals who really need them, but need to keep in mind that handmaking things for people i care about also constitutes as an act of craftivism as well. because i’m taking time out of my life to put some joy in someone elses, and that’s the kind of activism, i can get behind.

lately i’ve been remembering about all the times i was to busy to do this and to do that, and about all the things i haven’t said or done because i was too scared or stressed or rushed or tired.

and now that someone i love dearly is dying, i find myself knitting everything i make with that little extra bit of love. placing care and hugs and kisses and joy into every single stitch that i produce in the hope that everytime it is worn/used a little bit of love will shine through. because at the end of the day, that’s all there is left.

xo