🌹Roses, Turkey Wings, and the Art of Taking Your Time

I've been sitting on the bronze rose accents on this broom for quite a while

Every now and then I'd come across them while digging through supplies and think, "not yet"

Today, while getting ready to make this Turkey Wing broom, they finally found their place 🌹

That's one of the things I love most about making things by hand. Not everything arrives on a schedule, sometimes materials sit quietly on my shelf for months or even years, waiting for the right project to come along

The roses reminded me of something I've noticed over and over again with this craft

The best things tend to take their time 🕰️

Maybe people do too

For a long time, I thought growth was supposed to look like a straight path. Pick a direction, keep moving, arrive where you're supposed to be.

Life hasn't worked that way for me, at all

Sometimes we spend years, even decades, surrounded by people and places that don't water our souls ✨ The weeds grow thick ✨ So thick, in fact, that after a while you forget what was planted there in the first place ✨

It took me nearly forty years to step back, look around, and begin hacking my way out

Slowly

One branch at a time

One choice at a time

One season at a time

Maybe that's another reason I love making things by hand

The roses waited

The brooms waited

And in some ways, so did I

Not everything blooms on our schedule 🪻 Some things take exactly as long as they need to take

And sometimes all we have to do is be patient enough to let it happen 🌹

Blessed Be

Brooke