Share 'Been a while'

I'm not a very good blogger.  I've tried several times, but it always seems to go by the wayside.  Well, here's another attempt.  Over a year and half ago, on a trip home for Christmas, my Mom and Dad gave me a new knitting bag (I'd been keeping my projects in plastic grocery bags) and a needle holder, a book, and a HUGE skein of Red Heart Super Saver.  Ten months later, my Mom was diagnosed with…