crafting rescue 2025-09-19T15:34:55Z

Rainbow thread snarled around my trembling fingers like barbed wire as the clock blinked 2:47 AM. My niece's baptism gown lay half-stitched on the kitchen table - a lace monstrosity devolving into a knotted nightmare. Sweat trickled down my temple, mixing with frustrated tears. I'd spent three nights wrestling this fabric, each failed stitch amplifying my unworthiness. "Auntie can't even sew straight," I whispered to the empty room, scissors hovering over the delicate silk in surrender. That's w