tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post7600410633950017902..comments2023-09-20T00:13:37.931-04:00Comments on One Good Thing: So Much Unfinished BusinessMandy Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365577216317740232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-30092875349290669182011-05-10T14:35:15.091-04:002011-05-10T14:35:15.091-04:00I know this post is over a year old, but I wanted ...I know this post is over a year old, but I wanted to respond. I came across your blog after seeing a Facebook post about blowing bubbles for Hudson on her anniversary.<br /><br />The first knitting project I ever attempted was a baby blanket, while pregnant after three miscarriages. We were very hopeful that we would finally have the child we had been trying so desperately for, and I wanted to do something special for that baby. Sadly, we lost her as well (finding out she was a girl after having post-miscarriage testing run), and I was never able to bring myself to finish the blanket.<br /><br />Several years have passed; we now have two little girls, with one more loss between them, and I have knit many things for them. They have brought me so much joy, but I still get a little sad when I think about that first knitting project, even though I am not even sure where it ended up.<br /><br />I think it's wonderful that you set out to finish Hudson's blanket. My losses were nowhere near what yours is, and I was never brave enough to try. Sometimes the saddest things are what help to bring the most closure when we are facing an uncertain future.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12683270327441660674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-71133406784754364682010-08-08T15:49:00.775-04:002010-08-08T15:49:00.775-04:00So much unfinished business indeed. I wish you'...So much unfinished business indeed. I wish you'd had longer with your little daughter and had done all the things you have done, and are yet to do, with your nieces and nephews.<br /><br />I still have a cross stitch sampler I started whilst I was pregnant with the twins. It isn't finished still, nearly two years later. Somehow, I no longer have the heart. I hope you finished Hudson's little blanket.Catherine Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618295389400457254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-7183715098845142042010-07-05T19:58:14.075-04:002010-07-05T19:58:14.075-04:00I know about those types of projects. I just star...I know about those types of projects. I just started a needle point kneeler for our church. Daunting project, but I am determined. We will see how it goes when school starts back. Also I have worked on one of "those" projects. Cross stitched bibs for my friend Julie, the one I told you about. I held on to them and never gave them to her. I run across the photos of the baby shower that I threw for her at my house just two days before she lost the baby. You will keep wondering about those moments. I wonder about those moments, would Taylor and Grace gotten along? etc. Moments of unfinished business. I see you being brave even though it's not easy. It does not seem right to be with out her, because it's not. My love to you Mandy. Finish the blanket you will be happy you did.<br />Betsy SkaletBetsy Skalethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676126900786133727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-30432349181342382632010-07-05T18:36:46.723-04:002010-07-05T18:36:46.723-04:00I'm glad you are finishing the blanket, Mandy....I'm glad you are finishing the blanket, Mandy. It is a reminder of the incredible joy you felt when Hudson was on the way -- I know all about it having read the Tarheel Turtle in full -- and I hope, the blanket is also a reminder of the joy she brought to you and Ed, and indeed, to everyone who knew her during her 17 months here on Earth. She had a zest for life that we all can emulate. That zest was, and is, so inspiring because it was so pure and unpolluted by the life experiences that affect us over time. Despite the cynicism that's built up over my 35+ years, I'm trying to be more like Hudson.Shawn Zellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731177329678772824noreply@blogger.com