Happy 32nd anniversary, dear Latvia, of the restoration of your independence! We too had our 'white tablecloth' celebration! Though ours isn't pure white, it holds extraordinary meaning for us. This tablecloth was my grandmother's final sewing project for mājturības skola - an extraordinarily precious possession as it travelled with her while fleeing Latvia as a young mother in WW2. I love cross-stitch and I love sunflowers, and I was incredibly honored when this was given to me and traveled back to Latvia with me many years later. Even as the tablecloth has now travelled back to North America with us again, our hearts are in Latvia today. On the backdrop of everything taking place in the world right now, sitting around this white tablecloth adorned with my grandmother's sunflowers brought up such an intricate tangle of emotions. As I've been zooming in on daily joy in my life, I'm becoming more aware of how nuanced joy can be - the feeling is rarely the same from one day to the next. Some days it is straight-up and pure, but today it was markedly laced with variegated shades of emotion. Nevertheless, I recognize the flutter of joy and this is what it looks like today. #lettingjoyin
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