Personal Reasons

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Okay, I think after our first two impersonal posts it's time for me to get personal. Tatting is a huge part of the reason I am still alive. Before I was twenty-five I didn't do a lot of hand made crafts. But around the beginningof my 25th year on God's earth, my life went off the rails. 

I had been in a long term relationship with the man I thought was my soul mate. We seemed to be perfectly in sync, at least that's how I felt. My ex, however, felt he was more in sync with someone else. So, after he kicked me out and moved her in, I found myself in my parents house and in a dark place. 

I began to hear voices, see things and have mood swings that would cause mother nature to say, "Hold up, I didn't order a hurricane in the desert." It turns out I had undiagnosed bipolar disorder with psychosis. But, getting in church and crafts pulled me out of my darkness. God healed me and I haven't been back to that place in 10 years!

God showed me that my craft was a means to meet people. And He showed me I needed to pray, for myself, for my family and for the people He would lead me to. And my tatting is one of the ways I pray. I will pray for people as I craft. Every stitch I make is a prayer. 

Some days when I am down tatting is part of how I communicate with God. I just let it out as I tat, as I create. It is healing to be able to make things with your hands. So whatever your passion; music, writing, knitting, crocheting, tatting, painting, embrace every aspect of what you do. No matter what, if you craft...it's always personal. 


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