Clapotis & Cancer

I finished Clapotis!  It was such a great knit, really it is, people would see me knitting this & were amazed at the outcome.  The dropped stitch & all.  But it's so easy, and much more easy the second time around.

  It was knit for a friend who lost her mother this past summer to pancreatic cancer.  My mom died exactly 14 days later.  So as I knit this I thought about the women who have gone before us, my mother & my friend's mother.  I thought about all that they would miss out on &about the time we were lucky enough to have with them. I'm selfish & would of liked more time.  My mom was only 74, her mother, my grandmother,  lived to be 94 years old.  I feel a little cheated.   Sometimes I would just be sad while knitting this.  Other times I would have a smile on my face as I reflected in my mind the life I shared with my mother. 

I hope my friend loves this Clapotis as much as I loved to knit it.  I hope it brings her comfort on the bad days & warmth on the cold snowy days.

Know the signs, of Pancreatic
 and Ovarian cancers.  Stay with us a lot longer than cancer would let you.  Be informed & be protected.