

Our lives are very much like puzzles, cross-stitch workings and tapestries. How many times have you ever thought to yourself, “I think they put the wrong pieces in this box!” For a majority of the time, the picture just did not make any sense at all but when the last piece was set in place, there was a beautiful picture – just the way the artist drew it. Have you ever tried to put a puzzle together and it just did not make any sense? You just could not figure out how in the world you were going to get the pieces to look like the cover of the box.

But have you ever seen the back of one? Complete and utter confusion. Tapestries are beautiful, colorful, thick pieces of fabric with pictures on the front. Quotes: Former US president Ronald Reagan once quipped, Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. One of the strangest things about cross-stitching was looking at the back. Literature: The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom. God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, 'No fishing. If a Hall of Fame, Pro-Bowl, larger-than-life defensive end can cross-stitch – then so can I! Back view of tapestry You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand.

Now before some of you judge me or make some kind of comment about boys cross-stitching, let me say this, one of the reasons that I started doing it was because I found out that Reggie White (The Minister of Defense) also cross-stitched and he said that it helped his hand-eye coordination. When I was about 8 or 9 years old I became interested in cross-stitching.
