2020. There are no words to fully describe this past year. Darkness descended across the earth as a tiny virus killed millions. It is not the first time in history this has occurred nor will it be the last.

Gandhi said “In the midst of darkness, light persists.”

I have personally spent the last months searching for the light in the darkness. Focusing inward on my family; finding joy in the simpler things…another meal spent together in health, walking the dogs together, lighting sparklers…simple moments of just being together.

There has been knitting, but not as much of it shared outward. I have completed patterns that are waiting to be released. I think metaphorically holding my breath, waiting, waiting for a vaccine, for a crystallization of the hope I have carried has simply created a rippling pause.

The last few weeks I have been often reminded that even on the longest night of the year the light returns. And so I keep my eyes upon the sky and watch the light. The dawning light, the afternoon light, the setting light of the sun.

I know the light will return with the morning. And so I hold my family close and we look for that light.

Dawn is always just over the horizon. I like to think this new year will be a big, bright new dawn. And I will deeply breathe with my face in the light.

May the New Year bring all of you light and joy and peace.
Spring