I Remember. I am Grateful
Today I am joining people of Baja California Sur, our recent home that we left one month and a half ago, in remembering and saying "Thank you" to people that were there for us after the devastating hurricane Odile that hit our home exactly one year ago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scYlwJiQkt4It was the scariest experience of my life, honestly, at some point I thought it was the last experience of my life. Even one year later, I still remember this animal fear of being trapped in a shower, covered in water and broken glass, holding my husband's hand as hard as I could and listening how the world around me was torn to pieces. I've never felt more raw and defenseless, than on that morning September, 15th when I went outside after this scary night...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqwwTwuTNTMI was so grateful to knitting at that time. Being stuck in the house with no water supply, no electricity, scarce food supply, no windows with millions of potentially dangerous dengue mosquitoes coming in that sprung with the huge humidity that was brought by the hurricane, there was nothing left but keep going and knitting. During these weeks the Textured cardigan from half-torn apart Vogue Knitting issue was born - a complicated project that kept me concentrated all the time. Exactly what I needed! It will always stay one of the most special projects that I've ever knit! Each stitch carries a story!
Thank you, everybody, who helped the people and town in any way, whether with money, clothes, water, food, your work, your attention, your phone calls, your emails, your prayers. I cannot express enough how important it was for us to know that people know and carry about us. We felt support on national and international scale. We received letters and phone calls from our friends from the USA, Switzerland, Russia, Hungary, from different parts of Mexico cheering us up and letting us know that they are there for us. We felt such enormous support from the Mexican government with thousands of workers being sent to help to restore the town, to bring clean water and medicine.
I remember. I am grateful.
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