Me, Em and her Fairies

Hmm...well, I didn't get to the walking on the Trace part of my post yesterday. Just ran out of steam. It's just like the other day on my 'spirit willing but the body ain't' post. They are just two such seemingly polar things right now! My head feels up to it...I feel almost speedy at first. Then once I dive in and get exert myself one little bit, my body gives out totally. I have to stop and rest, or even go take a nap before I can do another thing. I find myself moving in slow motion, and saying, "Whew!" alot.

I'm seeing this is going to be a very hard but necessary part for me to remember....to realize that I simply can't do all that I want to do and instead just do what I can and not feel guilty about it :-/

On an up note, Emma has been making the most delightful little fairies that you see on this entry! My friend Alison let a yahoo unschooling group which we're both members know that I am undergoing treatment for HepC ... One of the members, Robin, apparently read the post, felt an immediate connection (her dh has hep c, too) and emailed me last week. Her dh isn't being treated at this time, but she understood the changes it is bringing into our lives and wanted to send a little gift for Emma. She had discovered a book telling how to make these little fairies and fallen in love with the process, and wanted to share it with Emma - to send a little magic into her life during this time. I find it so amazing and wonderful that people like this exist in the world....thank you so much, Robin. Emma says it is absolutely the very best gift she's ever received and she's positively ~shining~! And thanks to Alison for setting the wheels in motion for us to connect.

Yesterday the book arrived and Em was totally and completely entranced! We read the book together and looked over Robin's blog where she has photos posted of some of her fairy creations, and then Em got busy and hasn't stopped. Here are the first two of her little fairy creations, Clarenda and Lucinda. Pure Magic!