I’m a few days over 50, but I can still remember the song "I Can Sing a Rainbow" from Captain Kangaroo when I was four. Mind you, I can’t remember where I put my keys from day to day, but I can remember the words to almost every song I’ve ever learned. Maybe if I start singing everything I’d remember more.
That reminds me of another story. One of my children, who will remain unnamed to protect her/his innocence, at age three, used to sing for hours on end. We used to call it opera time at our house.This child had learned many camp songs as Chuck was executive director of a charity that ran the camp where we lived for four summers. One evening I heard enthusiastic singing from the bathroom , "Someone’s pooping Lord, Kumbaya…" Oh I wish I had a recording of it, I still laugh out loud when it comes to mind.
Back to the rainbow, I received a box from Four Seasons Knitting in Toronto. Jo-Anne, with her customary good service, had upgraded my shipping to express post at no extra charge, as her service was not up to her own speedy standards. This is my Alice Starmore Marina to be! I am happy that the colour selection looks more in line with the photo in Woolcraft than the colours called for in the original pattern.
I found out that my S-I-L has been printing off my blog to share with my M-I-L, who is in her 90’s and lives in a nursing home in Minneapolis. We don’t see each other very much and I’m so excited to be in her life on a more frequent basis. Before I met her, my husband "warned" me that his Mom was genuinely one of the sweetest people I would ever meet. Points for him, I had heard that if a guy is respectful of his mom he’ll be respectful of you. He was right. She is patient and kind, truly lives her faith and has a great smile. My S-I-L is her clone. Hi Mom and Karen! I miss you.
Life's a Stitch 
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