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Her birthday

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Jul 17 2023
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I have recently found this beautiful embroidered cloth in the home of a wonderful lady. It reminded me immediately of my mother who was born on 16 July 1948❤️ The gentle, handwoven cloth, the finely embroidered little roses and tulips, the still vibrant colours of the threads after 75 years they brought back memories of the warm and selfless nature of my dear mom. I thought about her childhood spent in the countryside, all the things she learnt from her parents, her youth, her joy and the beauty of her soul. She left of nearly three years ago but I […]

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Gradmother’s

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Apr 11 2023
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“This is a towel made by my maternal grandmother. I admit whenever I hold it in my hands, tears come to my eyes. Her name was Mária Gál. Her initials on the towel indicate this beautifully and in a very simple way. It brings back many things from the past, many good feelings, love, care, compassion. The power of faith, humility and steadfastness in the midst of difficult times. I am very grateful for all that I received from my grandparents, all they gave me for life.”

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Sunshine

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Feb 21 2023
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“The sun,–the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man–burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray.” – Charles Dickens

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Be grateful

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Feb 02 2023
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“Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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I am…

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Jan 29 2023
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“Hear me as a woman. Have me as your sister. On purpled battlefield breaking day, So I might say our victory is just beginning, See me as change, Say I am movement, That I am the year, and I am the era of the women.” – Amanda Gorman

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