Sadness Today

I haven't had time to be on here lately. Labor Day weekend my aunt had a stroke and is still in a nursing home. September 8 one of my uncles passed away from pancreatic cancer. September 24 one of my dearest friends was diagnosed with the same cancer and passed away on October 20. Now, today I find out a Great Uncle has passed also. I'm kind of wondering when the merry-go-round is going to stop and let me off. There is an up-side to all this hospital visiting - lots of knitting is getting accomplished! I have finished a pair of socks for Yarnsmackdown, 2 more bookmarks for a Literacy council fundraiser (a total of 4), another pair of socks for a Christmas gift, and have started a beautiful teal shawl for my sick Aunt and an alpaca scarf for me (for a change)!!! Of course, the house is a mess and no one is allowed to visit, but that's a minor detail. It's been very comforting to have the needles with me and something as simple as socks with no pattern - just knitting away! It's become meditative for me - I find I can pray and knit at the same time, talk and knit at the same time, haven't learned to walk and knit at the same time, tho'. It's truly amazing to me how comforting some yarn and bamboo can be!!