Welcome to the World, SW.

Dear S,

Welcome to the world!

I made you this measly blanket.

I wanted to finish it before you were born, but it took longer than I planned. Which is a good lesson for us to share: some things take longer and it’s best to let them grow at their own pace. Also, attachment to completion dates and deadlines can crush your soul.

This blanket is crocheted with two skeins of yarn that were dyed different colors. Which means I did not plan when the colors would change, they just did. Sometimes that happens in life: colors change and we keep going.

When you “keep going” in crochet, that means you keep loop-ty looping over and over in whatever pattern until we are all loopy and land on a soft blanket for a big family hug.

There was no telling which color would be the end of the skein.

I worried I wouldn’t have enough and the final row wouldn’t be smooth…but wouldn’t you know it? (No you wouldn’t because you are an infant) but you will learn that sometimes rows and loops and numbers just work out and you find out that from the very beginning YOU ALWAYS HAD ENOUGH.

No matter how much you worry in the meantime, you always had enough.

That’s my wish for you: end in a family hug, trust that you are enough, feel welcomed in this world.

I can’t believe how much I already love you,

Mollie