<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Oh my, I have missed so much here! Chad and I are going to learn how to be listeners for people at church. It\u2019s called the B. EFRIENDER program and it\u2019s international but I understand. Kind of like lay people to give emotional support and help people think through their troubles concerns, etc. Mostly just listening. Of course, in the summer I\u2019ve been doing a lot of mowing, but I retired the lawnmower for the year today. Then I was allergic to a medication so that made things really frustrating and miserable. I apologize for not being around either on this list or attending anything. Someday it is my wish to be more available for projects. Beads aren\u2019t really my thing, but there\u2019s lots of other stuff that you\u2019re doing like Henry and Terry and everybody who knit and crochet is.<div><br></div><div>OK, now that I\u2019ve done justifying my absence, I do want to say congratulations to the new granddaughter. We just had a baptism at church today. The baby was name was or is Avery rain. It is so cool how Pastor, does it at our church. Pastor Colette, of course, does all the blessing and stuff and asks the parents and godparents the usual questions in a blessing or dedication. However, when they put the sign of the cross on the baby, all the kids from the congregation are up there too. They take water from the baptismal font that the pastor and the kids blessed together and go and go out and do the sign of the cross on the adult participants in the baptism. One of the kids is older that attends and she lit the baptismal candle. I love the way she has all the kids that are willing participate. There were three kids, which I know wasn\u2019t too many, but they poured water into the baptismal font to prepare for the baptism. It was all part of the service! It was so wonderful! Second, I am so sorry for the loss of kitties and guide dogs. Sophie especially has a big warm spot in my heart. KROKUS is a really neat name for an animal. Especially the spelling. Do those who\u2019ve lost family members of the not so furry kind, my condolences as well. Stay strong and do not lose heart. We are here with you on the journey.</div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ericka Nelson</div><div>KE9DYN</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 12, 2025, at 11:01\u202fAM, henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Hi Ericka, does your friend have any yarn or craft things to donate? I have a good home for them! Big smile.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The same offer goes for others on this too quiet list. Big smile.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ericka via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 11, 2025 10:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Ericka <dotwriter1@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You\u2019re all impressed me! I helped someone be successful. One of my friends has moved from one part of town to another. It\u2019s never fun to sort your stuff and throw things away or donate things that have memories. But we did it. She now has enough space enough space in her living room/kitchen to walk around and lots of things to donate to someone who will love them.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Have a great one!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Ericka Nelson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Ke9dyn<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Oct 11, 2025, at 12:09\u202fPM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">\ufeff<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It\u2019s Successful Saturday! Have you started or finished a project, or achieved a goal? Share it with us and we\u2019ll celebrate with you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My success is thinking of Cindy\u2019s tenacity in working on her sweater, and following her example. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The button band on my sweater is taking longer than all the cable work. I did it once, then realized it was really too short, so I pulled it out. I did it again, then thought I\u2019d picked up the stitches on the wrong side and pulled it out and did it again picking up on the other side, only to realize I was right the first time and pull that out. Now I\u2019ve picked up stitches for the band again. I\u2019m on the right side, and I have the right number of stitches. Hopefully nothing will go wrong this time.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>