Stitching Some Sunshine into Snowy Winter Days

The sun has been hidden by thick snow-filled clouds for the last couple of days

so I sat in front of the fire

and stitched lots of my own sun rays.

As I stitched I thought of my Mother

whose name was Ray.

My grandparents named her that

because they thought of her 

as their ray of sunshine.

The funny thing is she very nearly married a man

whose surname was Ray!

But luckily my father swept her off her feet instead.

A lot of logs have gone on the fire

over the last few snowy days

but I had to rescue this one

and examine it closer...

and closer.