Answers to your BURNING question

A number of you have asked what sparked this tirade of Lizzy's, so here are the facts. There are many who witnessed the whole ordeal unfold. To be honest, its got me totally mystified to this day. But some kind folks in the mental health field have shed some light on her behaviors. Thanks guys !
She and I were exchange partners for an Embroidered Tea towel exchange last fall time, yes a full year ago.
A close family member was sick and I was emotionally preoccupied with that. I neglected to even tell Lizzy that the towel would be late, my mistake, I admit and I apologized several times for not informing her. After my aunts death in Sept, I was able to send off the tea towel but by that point I was already "evil" in Lizzys eyes and she refused to accept the tea towel. Now in the big scheme of things, this is such a small deal. Like how about not sweating the small stuff. But perhaps a tea towel was the world to her, worth a years worth of brewing and simmering to the boiling point, I have no idea. So from that point onward, no apology from me was sufficient and I was "evil". So for a year this woman has brewed and stewed over a silly tea towel. Calling on the morality of people to stick to the obligations set out before them. Sure I agree, but life happens, I was very sorry for not saying it would be late and not sure what else I could have done. Wow, people starve and wars happen, and children suffer, the world is full of serious issues to dwell on and work towards a change. Far more important issues in life occur. So there are the facts. So many times I would write something on my blog about some simple thing, she was sure it was about her, and believe me it never was, since I hardly give the woman a thought, she would write some super defensive thing on her blog and slam away. I tried being nice to her in an attempt to just change her tune, that was a sad mistake on my part as it brought on the latest email barrage from her. So that was not a road to take in this instance.
Anyway, everyone else was a delight to exchange with and I shall miss the tea towel exchanges.
I have run fast like a good and honorable coward, far away from her. Never like the unpredictable behaviors in some folk that carry around a lot of baggage or whatever !
So now you know the root of my being called evil. Its all quite silly when put into print. A year over WHAT !
An obligation that fell by the wayside, an apology given publicly and privately. Mercy should be in there somewhere next to forgiveness for a Christian I would think.

Its time now to say a prayer for peace and let sleeping dogs lie once and for all.

There are so many serious issues in life that need to be dealt with. Families seperated by anger and hurt, starving children, children being abused, homeless folks, untreated mental illness, the enviornment, people with no health insurance, elderly alone and hurting, war and hatred, intolerance, violence and unrest. Just to name a few items from the morning news.

On a side note here, Blogger is not letting me upload pictures today. I have tried and tried.