12. A gift from Russia

My brother in law married an amazing girl named Katya from Russia about a year ago. I admire her so much for her boldness to leave her family behind and come to a strange country to be with her love. She speaks really good English and is very bright. Some people find it really hard to be around people who have a lot of talent in an area they might be lacking. I find it invigorating! I want to suck the knowledge right out of them. So I started with having Katya teach me how to knit. Of course she makes it look so easy and I watch her and my eyes get dizzy. Tonight I think I finally got it down. I started a scarf for my 6 year old Bria. She was very excited except when I was going so slow. My hands hurt but my heart feels light as I learn a new skill from a talented russian.