Crashing down and getting back up
28 February 2026
It’s been about 2,5 years since I lasted posted a blog and it’s been a turbulent period. Not much to see from the outside, but on the inside it’s been tsunami, hurricane and earthquake time. Would not recommend, 0/0 experience.
It all started with a painful but otherwise not very spectacular broken finger (that’s what you get when you stop paying full attention while working with horses, as I KNEW because I’ve been working with horses since I was seven years old). The biggest impact however came from being forced to stop running on auto pilot. There were things I could not do for a while, and routines that were not routine-ing anymore. It made me have to think about stuff. And we all know that when you start thinking, trouble follows ;-).
Fast forward to today and here we are. I did not have to do it all alone. I have met so many new people that have lifted me up, gently offered support without taking on my burdens (those are, after all, mine) and made me realize there’s more to me than I’d allowed myself to think. I have been encouraged to follow my intuition (which is scary but very rewarding) and FEEL instead of THINK (or rather, use both instead of just one). I have grown.
I’m now in the business of sharing some of my insights, and much of what I have learned (and am still learning) about life. Living life isn’t the issue. Living life to the fullest of your innate abilities is more of a challenge. We’ve all learned to hide parts of ourselves (through no fault of our own!) that are worth rediscovering and deserve to be seen. And I love helping people find and uncover those parts.
I have also found that for me, analysis is part of the same drive that makes me want to create my wrap scrap animals. When I’ve been analyzing a lot, the part of my brain that loves sewing gets tired and isn’t too keen on being used after a long working day. That is, I think, part of why it’s taken me so long to get back to sewing. That, and knowing that I actually had a VERY patient and lovely customer waiting for me to finally finish her order (you know who you are and I love you). Fortunately for me, she contacted me at just the right moment to get things going again.
For now, no custom order taking just yet. It adds pressure to a situation that lacks routine and I can very well do without for now. But I am enjoying sewing again, and I will probably be making some things that I know I will enjoy creating. And who knows – when things have settled down a bit, I may take on a custom order or two this year.
