I am thankful for: a heartfelt podcast episode

As you may have gathered from my previous posts, I enjoy watching knitting podcasts. Today I'm still feeling very tired from all the work I've been doing and from a migraine that started yesterday, so when I came home from school around mid-day I sat on the sofa to have lunch and cast on the second sock of a pair and put on the 48th episode of the Knit One <3 Too podcast.

Sheila and Wendy were funny, informative and really their usual warm and entertaining selves, but this episode was a bit more special for me. At the end Sheila mentionned that her son has a congenital heart problem and wish everyone a happy international congenital heart day (on February 14th), and Wendy talked about surviving heart failure, also on a February 14th. It's amazing how knitting, podcasts and heart problems can bring people together like that.

I was feeling really tired and although I'm happy because I'm working a lot and I'm tired for "the right reason", I'm actually behind on school work and on teaching work and it's not a pleasant feeling. So as I crashed on the couch, ready for an afternoon of resting instead of working, it was just nice to hear other people who could relate, and who took the time to talk about this openly and thoughtfully. I know it is not unique, but the bonds that connect "heart people" together are so incredibly strong and deep. Heart problems affect our lives in such profound ways that it's often difficult to express the complexity of our feelings, or even the complexity of how we got to the point of having those feelings.

So today I was not just another viewer of their amazing podcast, I shared a lot of their emotions too. I wrote a note on the blog after, and I tried to keep it brief, but it was difficult and it ended up being a bit of a mess. I should have just written: Thanks for a great episode, I really got what you were saying, and thanks for sharing that with everyone, it's important.

There, now I've said it.