My new BF?

No, not boy friend...best friend!!! (apologies to the gorgeous people in my life who currently own this title, but you can't do for me what my potentially new BF does for me!) :-)

In the past few days that i have been learning to sew, the one tool that has kept me on the straight and narrow is this humble but mighty helpful seam ripper. Basically what it does is that as the name suggests, it allows me to correct mistakes in my work by gently unpicking the seam (line of stitches) and redoing another, better line. No one ever has to know I didn't do it right the first time.

If only life had an 'eraser' like that...one that would allow you to gently 'unpick' your mistakes and allow you another take like nothing else ever happened. But the truth is LIFE is not a dress rehearsal (if you will pardon the obvious pun). Yes we make mistakes - with and without consequences - BUT with every new day we get the opportunity to choose to do things better/differently/or do nothing at all.

Take friendship for example. You regretably betray the confidence of a close friend, who trusted you with their most intimate secret. It was a mistake and you are broken up about it. Try as you may to make restitution, the damage is done and it may take years of consistent 'better' behaviour to mend that bridge - or it may never happen. However, you learn a valuable lesson and get to be a better friend to the next person who honours you with trust.

For everything else, there is a seam ripper/eraser/your original shade of hair colour/laser tatoo remover...