Final Reflection On Seasons
‘There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…’ Ecclesiastes 3:1
I confess…I love living in a climate that has specifically changing seasons. I can’t imagine myself in a place where it is constant…static…not dynamic. Even the thought of living in a tropical island paradise, where every day brings sunshine and perfect temperatures, might pale over time without the occasional greyness and rain for variety.
To have the fresh newness of spring expand into hot summer days which are then rewarded with cool autumn breezes ushering in cold winter snows is a cycle that I celebrate…yep, even while I’m slogging through the muck. Mostly because I know that at the end of the dead winter dormancy, there will be a pristine spring to start the cycle all over again. It’s that change—that active circle, which fascinates me. I realize, though, there are other life cycles where the circle is fully drawn and completed.
Today marks the third anniversary of this space.
What a gift to celebrate life’s seasons and cycles with you!
But for me, if I were to be honest, the circle is fully drawn and complete.
It’s time to put this away so a new and different season of life can begin and grow and develop.
As with the intricacies of this Celtic spiral, another circle might unexpectedly form, drawing new and twisting lines.
Like springtime, it might bloom again after an extended season of dormancy.
But I agree with King Solomon that there is a time for everything.
Rather than fading away into disinterested obscurity, the time for this blog has come to a close.
It’s with great satisfaction and extreme gratitude that I mark your involvement over the years.
The story is told…this simple yarn has been spun for now…all that remains is to conclude with a very sincere and heartfelt—
Thank You.
I shall miss your voice. Thank you for sharing and gently inspiring me.
06 May 2009 at 3:30 am
I’m really going to miss loging on to your blog, I only follow you and a chap on an island off the coast of Africa. Best wishes in your new projects and let me know if you are blogging again.
Lots of love Rosie (coming from a soft Irish morning, mild with very light drizzle that makes hair curly)
06 May 2009 at 4:42 am
Aaah Cheryl I’ll really miss this blog. I know I have not been commenting of late, but I have certainly been reading the blog. However, I know what you are feeling, as I have not been writing on my own blog lately, but I have plans to continue, even if only in a small way.
Good wishes to you though, and perhaps you will continue to dip into the blogosphere a little
06 May 2009 at 5:50 am
Yours was a wonderful space for me to visit and I thank you.
I wish you the best of everything as you move to a new season in your life.
06 May 2009 at 7:17 am
thanks for letting me participate in your ideas – and have fun exploring new ideas and interests!
good luck from ireland
Bettina
06 May 2009 at 7:23 am
Thank you for sharing here and very best wishes to you.
06 May 2009 at 8:43 am
I’ll miss your lovely corner of blogdom. I still hope I will meet you soon and can come down to see you at work.
06 May 2009 at 9:03 am
bad for me, boo hoo, good for you. I do hope you eventually return with lots of good stories and great weaving and knitting. Please stop by my blog if you get a chance, and say hello. Now I’m sad and must go make myself happy by buying some fabric or something
Enjoy the seasons!
06 May 2009 at 10:21 am
As ever, I admire your clear sight; your courage to see something, recognize truth, and act accordingly. I will be sorry, though, not to see that there’s something new over at a simple yarn. . . . Miss you already.
I made your sugar cookies the other day! yum.
too-ti-looo. . . .
06 May 2009 at 10:48 am
Cheryl, when I first stumbled across your blog it bugged me where I had seen you before…… then I got it..the Tudora lady…knitty was something else I had stumbled into. I just want to wish you well and say I LOVE those cushions! Did you ever publish a pattern for them anywhere? (Anyone?). Best Wishes. x
06 May 2009 at 11:15 am
Thank you for sharing these last few years. I have looked forward to reading your entries, to see the world from the paths you are taking. I wish you all the best.
warm regards,
punkin
06 May 2009 at 12:03 pm
Thank you for sharing yourself with us. I wish you all the happiness in the world.
06 May 2009 at 12:27 pm
I will miss your writing. You do turn a good sentence.
I can certainly understand your decision, though. I tend to be one who stays too long at the party, having drug out departings from projects/groups/etc. whose time (for me) had long since run their course, simply because I abhor change. I admire your willingness to leave one season behind in eager anticipation of what the next season will bring, metaphorically speaking, of course!
God bless you and your family in your future endeavors!
06 May 2009 at 12:53 pm
I have so loved reading this blog and getting to know you. Hopefully we’ll see each other soon!
06 May 2009 at 1:24 pm
Too short a time has passed
Since I found your blog here
But that shortness, in itself,
Makes having known you more dear!
Cheryl, you have truly touched more lives than simple yarns.
God bless you,
Connie
06 May 2009 at 1:27 pm
Oh how sad I am to hear that I will no longer have the privilege of logging on to your site. I wish you well and hope that someday our paths will cross. I’m sure you would be a wonderful friend. Much love to you and your famiily….Tora
06 May 2009 at 2:52 pm
Oh how sad I am to hear that I will no longer have the privilege of logging on to your site. I wish you well and hope that someday our paths will cross. I’m sure you would be a wonderful friend. Much love to you and your family….Tora
06 May 2009 at 2:52 pm
Thanks for the lovely wrap up. I’ve enjoyed the blog.
06 May 2009 at 5:10 pm
so sad, but i understand your time is needed elsewhere! Will miss checking in and seeing what adventures you are up to. Good luck with all that meets you!
06 May 2009 at 7:12 pm
Say it isn’t so!!!
06 May 2009 at 7:22 pm
Best of luck to you. May your next adventures keep you challenged!
06 May 2009 at 7:35 pm
GOOD LUCK , ON YOUR LIFE QUESTS
–have to say yours is one of the blogs I love – will miss reading , and enjoying you share that part of your life
- to everything there is a season———–
cheers pat
06 May 2009 at 9:22 pm
I will miss reading your blog and am disappointed to see it come to an end. But all things in their time, yes? Best wishes and good health.
06 May 2009 at 10:11 pm
Well, bummer! Not for you, but for me, as I’ve truly enjoyed reading your blog. It’s the first one in my list of blogs I read (almost) daily — granted, that is due to it’s alphabetical position, but it has been one of my favorites, so it seemed an appropriate spot nonetheless!
I do understand the changing nature in the seasons of life, though, and I wish you all the best as you explore whatever comes next. Blessings to you, dear Cheryl! Perhaps our paths will cross somewhere else sometime down the road!
07 May 2009 at 12:49 am
I will miss you! But many thanks for your thoughts and inspiration. All the best to you!!
07 May 2009 at 2:10 am
Thanks for the time you have taken to share on this blog. I can only echo the other commenters in saying that it is our loss that you will no longer appear on our blog lists.
I wish you well in all you do in future.
Thanks again.
07 May 2009 at 8:32 am
Lovely ending. Thank you for sharing with us all this time. I will always remember you as the first blogger who replied to my comment. I nearly fell off my chair! I didn’t believe that those e-mail addresses got to the bloggers, I thought they were just swallowed up in cyberspace!
07 May 2009 at 12:10 pm
I have only been reading your blog for a short while – I wish I’d discovered you before! Good luck!
07 May 2009 at 2:14 pm
Thank you for sharing yourself with us. I will miss your little corner of the web, but wish you the best as your seasons change.
07 May 2009 at 3:34 pm
Oh, still one of my favorite places to pop by….
All I can say is thank you for being so inspiring to me. I love the fact that we meet virtually countries far away and then boom we arrive at the same place and time.
See you around town I am sure. I know you won’t dissappear entirely.
07 May 2009 at 3:39 pm
I just found you and now I’ll have to say goodbye. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and helping others find a way to complete their circles. With much respect.
07 May 2009 at 4:13 pm
I began reading your blog just before you moved from Ireland – I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the perspective you brought as an American living abroad and then coming back to the States and acclimating after being away. I’ll miss that perspective and your voice – best of blessings to you and your family as you move on.
07 May 2009 at 4:28 pm
Cheryl, it’s been a pleasure following your escapades, your heart, your family through this blog. I’ll miss it, but I understand the need to move on. Sometimes it’s important to fully release what was in order to fully embrace what is coming. Blessings on you! KNN
07 May 2009 at 4:36 pm
Awww
This teenage knit wit will miss your little corner of blogdom. Best wishes, beautiful pics of Ireland, and thank you letting us read about your escapades and knitting adventures.
07 May 2009 at 8:44 pm
thank you for all you have given us. i wish you continued success in whatever your next venture is. take care, until next time.
08 May 2009 at 2:00 am
Awwww, well thank you too for sharing all your beautiful photos, thoughts and craftiness!
08 May 2009 at 11:05 pm
Well Cheryl – you have been so articulate. I will miss your thoughtful, well-constructed entries. After a bit of a break I hope you reappear. Best wishes Janet
09 May 2009 at 3:14 pm
All the best for the future, whatever you are doing.
10 May 2009 at 12:08 pm
Dear Cheryl, since I’ve met on Knitty I’ve been a silent reader of you. I’ve always been a little ashamed of my poor English. But now I have to come out to tell you how much I have enjoyed reading your posts and sharing a part of your “simple” and full life. I’ve found a lot of my hobbies and values. I’ve found a positive way to start my days and optimistic relax in a sometimes chaotic life. I will miss you a lot and I strongly hope to meet you again, by chance, some day, somewhere.
Thank you
simona (from Rimini, Italy)
11 May 2009 at 8:50 am
I’ll miss you, but I certainly understand. You have plenty on your plate. Take care!
11 May 2009 at 6:40 pm
I will miss reading your blog, I too don’t always comment. Take care, and all the best.
11 May 2009 at 10:07 pm
I will very much miss your outlook and voice you should be very proud of the circle you created here.
15 May 2009 at 11:45 am
What a bittersweet parting. I will miss visiting with you and wish you all the best.
Cheers, Patricia
18 May 2009 at 5:39 am
Thank you fpr sharing your feelings and events on your blog. I really enjoyed visiting your place. Yours is one of my favorites blogs written in English. I am Japanese, so I can’t say that I understood fully. But believe me, I can say that I felt deeply something common as reading each your jounal.
Thak you and take care! I hope I will see you again somewhere and some day.
18 May 2009 at 7:36 pm
I shall truly miss your writing. I can understand how you feel about moving on. Time seems to fly by faster each and every day and there are so many things to do and try out! I wish you much success and happiness. X O
29 May 2009 at 1:56 am
Good luck and bye for now : )
07 Jun 2009 at 11:52 pm
I will miss your lovely, inspiring images. I wish you well.
19 Jun 2009 at 4:01 am
Your blog has been the inspiration I needed to start my own.
I’m so sorry to see you’ve decided to call it a day, but your reasons are understandable. Hopefully, someday you’ll return to inspire us all again!
In the meantime, we’ll muddle through somehow. : )
Good luck, and thanks.
19 Jun 2009 at 11:20 am