Never Give Up

True story.  I have been struggling for the last two weeks on my first Knitty submission.   After pulling out my 20th start, I sat down this afternoon to write a post about why giving up is okay.  Sometimes, it's good to let it go when things aren't working, right?  Walk away and don't worry yourself.  As I often do when I'm stuck, I sat down to write out this funny post poking fun at why I'm a nincompoop quitter.  

For inspiration I Googled quotes about giving up.  This one topped the list:

Never give up.  And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.  - Ruth Gordon

Gosh darn it!  I was hoping for a witticism, not that.  The funny kind of quote that makes you feel like a loser if you give up.  And wait, I'm most definitely not a loser.  I mean, I breastfed twins for a year.  I've run two marathons.  My kids have never, ever been late for school.  And sometimes they even have both their shoes on by drop off.   

It was a sign.  And I believe in signs.  (Just not the stop kind, which is why I spent part of Tuesday in traffic court, but that's another story entirely.)  

So I ripped it out again....and struck paydirt.  I'm thrilled with it.  Only a few more rows to go and this sucker is finished.  Now I can only hope to read the scribbles I wrote whilst doing it.  

Thank you, each and every one of you reading this right now.  If it weren't for you, I would've given in to my inner voice, who some of you may know sounds a lot like Ari Gold.   Can we even imagine what Ari would've said to me???

More later, plane takes off tomorrow and Thing 1 and Thing 2 are on it, so I guess I'd better be too!