Walk the Path

Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond?

“Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?”

Yes, I watched Hamilton again last week and the various songs are on repeat in my head. Dang you, Lin Manuel for creating such catchy tunes and lyrics, lol. But this lyric came into my head while I was writing the text below so I figured I’d lead off with it.

A facebook friend of mine is crocheting an antique-style garden blanket. While I’d seen such creations before, I’d never realized how one was made, being a knitter myself and never making any projects the size of a blanket. Intricate flowers in rainbows colors that change on a gradient are coming together in her pictures as she shares her progress. But what struck me the most was that she made each flower individually, then began crocheting them together into the pattern. She calls the blanket seeds. 

And it struck me that this is a perfect metaphor for where I find myself at the moment and perhaps where you find yourself as …