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See Everything Like Children Do

Wanted to share this from a Writer of Think Simple Now.  If only we all could just see everything like children do!!! By Kayla Albert  “Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.” ~Alan Cohen Twirling in her pink tutu, slightly tattered and always a little dirty, my 3 year old niece opens her arms wide, calling for all of us to get up and dance with her. She wants to hold hands while we jump, spin and leap around the room. She shouts along to the music, reminding each of us that we should be joining in. “Papa sing! It’s your turn Papa!” Panting and out of breath, we try our hardest to match her undying energy. After the music starts to fade, she drops our hands and holds out her arms again. “Ok everyone, it’s time for a group hug!” We haven’t purposely partaken in a group hug for years now, but we oblige because her smile is contagious and her enthusiasm is impossible to tame. Three years ago, she struggled her way into this world, red-eyed and o

Macrame Lesson Two; A Sailors Knot Bracelet

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Here's a unique way to make a Macrame Bracelet! A SAILORS KNOT BRACELET! Turk's head knot From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Category Decorative Origin Ancient Typical use Decorative A Turk's head knot is a decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands, forming a closed loop. The name is used to describe the general family of all such knots rather than one individual knot. While generally seen made around a cylinder, the knot can also be deformed into a flat, mat-like shape. Some variants can be arranged into a roughly spherical shape, akin to a monkey's fist knot. The knot is used primarily for decoration and occasionally as anti-chafing protection. A notable practical use for the Turk's head is to mark the "king spoke" of a ship's wheel; when this spoke is upright the rudder is in a central position. The knot takes its name from a notional resemblance to a turban (Tr: sarık), though a turban is wound rather than interwoven. T