I have decided to cut down on the cards I cross stitch for people's birthdays etc. It all stems from my two step-daughters forgetting my birthday. Nothing, not even a card from either of them. It really hurt me. I go to a lot of trouble when it comes to their birthdays, a stitched card, a carefully chosen present and I usually bake them a cake or a batch of cupcakes or muffins. When it was obvious that nothing was forthcoming from them I decided that birthdays obviously aren't as important to other people as they are to me so I've decided to pare down the effort I put into other peoples. Having thought about it, I'm pretty sure that some people throw their cards away and I usually spend 3 - 4 days stitching them and it feels like a waste. I would rather they returned them to me and I could recycle them. So, from now on, only a select few will receive a stitched card from yours truly. Am I a bitch?
