[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Relationships, learning and sharing

[mother27dragon at gmail.com]

Hello everyone,

 

There is something heavy on my heart today that I need to share on this
list.  This involves all of us in this great Krafter's Korner division. We
always say that we are a part of the NFB family.  So, consider this coming
from your sister, who cares a bunch for her family.

 

 

There have been times that people will ask questions, share ideas and reach
out through e-mail.  Often the e-mail starts on one topic, but may change to
another.  I have been guilty of this, as e-mail is often simply written
conversation.  Conversation will stray from the original topic, but that is
normal. This should be expected, as we are all building relationships on
this group.  Without normal straying of conversation, the relationships
wouldn't grow.

 

I see the Krafter's Korner as threefold.  It is about relationships,
learning and sharing.  We are all a part of this division, due to our love
of creativity through numerous crafts.  We have the opportunity to share
these crafts with each other and rely on each other's expertise with
different types of crafting.  We share patterns, supply information and
other tidbits we find along the way.  This often gets people excited and
continue to share.

 

Through sharing and learning with one another, we are building
relationships.  We begin to understand each other and progress in building
relationships together.  We care for one another, laugh with one another and
occasionally cry with one another.  We shouldn't stifle this growth, as a
closer group we become, the better our Krafter's Korner NFB family will be.
Placing stipulations on how to write an e-mail  and how to change it if the
subject changes does not strengthen the relationships.  It hurts others
feelings, without true intent to do that.

 

I completely understand the little effort it takes to change the subject
line, but it also takes little effort to do one key stroke and move to the
bottom of the e-mail, where the e-mail thread began.  Either way is fine and
we need to become more accepting of natural conversation changes during
e-mails.  

 

My intent is not to call anyone out, but to have us more tolerant of each
other.  Some of our NFB family may not spell or add punctuation to an
e-mail.  Although it may be annoying, acceptance is needed to strengthen our
family.  

 

I pray we will all become more tolerant of each other, accepting our
differences and weaknesses, without judgement.  I love being a part of KK
family and it hurts when I see someone upset from being called out.  Either
way discussed about e-mails should be acceptable.  We don't need rules and
regulations to drive our family.  Some things are not worth the hill to die
on.  I hope we can accept each other, flaws and all, and embrace great
relationships to strengthen our family.

 

Hugs!  I love you all!

 

ReNae Anderson

2nd vice president, Krafter's Korner