What a beautiful episode. Madeleine is an extraordinary young woman, and Sofia's wisdom and serenity makes their friendship a true search for meaning. Such a privilege to be able to share this encounter.
Thank you so much for a beautiful and moving episode. I lost my husband of 43 years in 2022. And talking about grief and how we move through it is very healing. Just knowing that others have been through this and seeing Madeline’s perspective is so helpful. Thank you!
Dear Sofia, my heart sings. I can relate in so many ways to this episode. I had to laugh because I was recently asked if I wasn't sad or angry to get the torn knitwear from my grandkids back for darning. I didn't understand the question at first. I am so happy that they love to wear my knitted garments so much. It shows signs of wear but they are signs of love. Happy to have such knitworthy grandkids who wear their garments with joy and even order the next knitted garments including their special wishes. 😀 My favorite quote from Etty Hillesum is this: Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. ❤
Thank you for a nice company to my knitting. I loved the books about Anne of Green Gables when I was a child. I have been to Auschwitz three times, travelling with my kids and their school classes. I don't manage to read books about that place. It's so horribel. I'm so happy that this podcast is running again. I have missed it a lot.
Thank you Merete, it's lovely to be back! Etty's book is not about Auschwitz, it's written before she was deported there and it's more about her personal and spiritual growth and how she finds her way to God and prayer. How she copes in a dark world, by being light, by spreading light, by having hope and faith. But I can really understand what you mean!
Madeline is a beautiful deep thinking person who has a beautiful gift, the gift of compassion. Your parents are so blessed to have given you an education and life skills to live a garmonious life of kindness. A blessing to your father's memory also. Andrea is a beautiful role model.
I am watching this in the midst of the terrible news coming out of Gaza. Listening to you and Madeleine talk about the books and how to navigate the suffering in life gave me some peace and some hope. It was a very touching beautiful episode, and I had tears in my eyes too, because we all remember Andrew, and what a loss it has been to Andrea and Madeleine. Tak Sofia.
I love love love your bookconversation. You have both experienced hard times, that makes your words so valuable. I found your conversation wise, heartwarming and encouraging. Thank you both. 🙏
I read Viktor Frankl's "Mans Search for Meaning" and wrote a paper about it while in college so long ago. I'd love to read Etty Hillesum's book now. My brother, Michael, knows a tremendous amount about the Holocaust and has dined with and interviewed numerous survivors. A beautiful episode. Thank you.
Oh my goodness, Sofia, I just came upon your incredible podcast. One thing, tho, I can't keep my eyes on my knitting while wanting to enjoy every minute of the beauty that you show us!! Thank you so much for sharing, it brings peace to my heart. Sally in Portland, Oregon, USA
Dear Sofia and Madaleine, thank you for such a beautiful and profound podcast. I hope as many people as possible will watch and listen to your meaningful conversation. Thank you 💗
What a special episode. For long time viewers of both your podcast, Sofia, and of Fruity Knitting, it was so beautiful to be a part of the conversation on love and grief, and not succumbing to bitterness. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your creative life! With love from Vermont, USA ❤
I am so happy to see you again and looking so well, Sofia. I have missed your podcasts. It's nice to see you knitting with Madeline, I see so much of Andrew in her. I enjoyed your book discussions. I have read Mans Search for Meaning, but not the book you talked about. I will have to read it. I am going to give your sock KAL a go. I have never participated in a KAL, but it sounds like fun!
I am sure he is looking down on her with great pride - she is a delight to look at and listen to. So clever, mature and lovely. I rushed to the book shelf in the Bookbeat app and down loaded Mans search ..... Thanks for a wonderful episode.
Such a wonderful and meaningful episode! I live with seven chronic illnesses along with a degenerative neurological disease. I ponder these questions and strive constantly for meaning in an ever shrinking life involving constant grieving of loss of ability. I strive to find the joy in life and I have found too that doing for others is a big part of this no matter your circumstances. For me at present I'm fortunate to be able to still create and make for those in my life (and those who may be strangers experiencing difficultly) and hopefully show them the love and joy they bring to me that I can return in this small way. I'll definitely be adding these books to my reading list. ❤
What an enjoyable, lovely episode - thank you, Sofia and Madeleine. I loved this combination of knitting and books. The discussion of the books was beautifully done by both of you - tear-jerking but very profound. Thank you for so much interesting food for thought and the sense of being with, as Anne would say, 'kindred spirits'. xx
Wonderful, thank both of you for sharing your thoughts and experiences so far into politics as well personal issues. And yes - apart from social media - live connection and communication is key! However i was very glad to have found your uplifting conversation, dear Sophia, dear Madeline.
Thank you for allowing your faith in God shine through. I lost my husband suddenly in a work related accident; I would not have been able to survive the grief without God.
I am so sorry for your loss! And I can relate, I would not know how to go through grief and other hardships in life without my faith. Blessings to you!
I want to give you each a virtual hug. What a beautiful episode with such a deep, vulnerable conversation! Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" has been a favorite of mine for years. I've used it in teaching my university students and many have found it life-changing as I did. Your friendship radiates from this episode. What a blessing for you both. Thank you for sharing it with us, your listeners. Good friendships are so healing and comforting. So necessary for each of us.
This is my first time watching your podcast, Sofia.I live in Maine and found you through Fibertrek. I also love Fruity Knitting and Knit My Way Home. I too, love to knit mittens so am looking forward to purchasing one of your Ravelry patterns. Your wedding sounds lovely. I wish you so much happiness. ❤
A beautiful, authentic and deep conversation. In our current world authenticity can be hard to find and is so important. So much truth in the idea if we the choose path of bitterness it is hard to find the meaning of life.. Yes grief is the price we pay for love, but also when someone we love passes, I feel they move into a special part within our heart, they live within us in way that cannot be when alive. It doesn't have the warmth or embodiment of physical life on earth, their being lives within us on a more spiritual level and enlarges who we are in the physical world. Thankyou.
This was a very fine episode, thank you for sharing your books and thoughts. 📖 I am working in a bookstore (for about 40 years) and it is still a joy to find the right book that touches your soul.
Thank you! And what an important job you have there, you are certainly the right person in the right place when thinking like that! How wonderful it is with a real bookstore!
@@sofiastales3012 Hej Sofia, yes I still love my job (2-3years to go), finding the right book for the right person is priority. But I have the best costumer talk when they open up a little bit more and I can introduce them some ˋhidden gems‘. I am right now in 🇩🇰 on my vacation and I have just some of my own books with me, books I wanted to read for a long time. Reading and knitting 🧶 is a very good option for this weather 💨 here. Enjoy every day 🌟🙋🏼♀️
I Enjoyed your talk about mending! I have always mended my woolens, using invisible mends when possible. I have mended things for friends and family. Some people don't seem to even know that things can be mended! I do my mending in spring, before I wash my woolen things and put them away for summer.
I d love to see a video of you literally doing the mending. I learn by watching. I agree with the sentiments about the value of wearing clothing knitted by, worn by, and mended by loved ones. Imbues meaning and spirit into the prayers of the maker of the object. Love the books discussion, a little too heavy for me today but needed to be said. Keep on sending them as there is much to learn. I love to read, myself. Your love of knitting is contagious. Thank you!
A magnificent episode filled with deep thinking and conversation. I love mending something I’ve made and either kept myself or given to a loved one. My 6 year old grandson loves socks that I’ve knit for him and, 😂when needed, he asks me to fix them. I feel that mending them is just another way of showing him how much I respect and love him and inspires me to make more things for him. The conversation about the two books you both read resonated deeply for me as my father’s family suffered heavy losses in the concentration camps. My father and his few surviving relatives did come out of that hell with hope for rebuilding meaningful lives which they actually did! I have learned so much from them. It is very inspiring to listen to people who have overcome the pain of bitter times with hope and grace in tact. Madeleine is an extraordinary young woman in her own right as well as in tribute to her amazing parents, Andrea and Andrew. Honestly, I wished I could have reached into the screen and hugged both of you. I have read Frankel, but will search for the book you spoke about and read it as well. A heartfelt thank you for sharing this deeply personal conversation.❤
In my experience I came to believe, that when one is searching for something, like the meaning of life, it is a hopeless thing to do, and places the "meaning", the "purpose" of life on the "outside" of man himself. I came to realize, that it is not a search, that we are not suppose to be searching, but to actively GIVE life a meaning. We are suppose to give it purpose. It comes from our inside, it is not on the outside, on the manifested world. Remember, that the Bibel say, that the Kingdom of Heaven is inside of us. Much love and blessings.
I remember the last time you recommended Etsy Hillesum and reading it then, I was so inspired and it has made me want to look out my copy and re read it. I would love to join the mystery knitalong, I find colourwork a bit tricky - it often comes out too tight, but the only way to get this right is to practise! Lovely to see you again. ❤
It is lovely to see you podcast again. “Man’s Search for Meaning” is a powerful book. If you liked it, you might also read “ A Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck. I look forward to your next podcast. 🤗
Etty Hillesum, Letters from Westerbork and An interrupted life. Thank you for asking, I have now edited the shownotes in the description box and added the titles. Warmly, Sofia
Thank you, Sofia and Madeleine for sharing your emotions and vulnerability. 🙏 Such a lovely episode. ❤❤❤
Thank you
What a beautiful episode. Madeleine is an extraordinary young woman, and Sofia's wisdom and serenity makes their friendship a true search for meaning. Such a privilege to be able to share this encounter.
Thank you so much for your warm words!
Thank you so much for a beautiful and moving episode. I lost my husband of 43 years in 2022. And talking about grief and how we move through it is very healing. Just knowing that others have been through this and seeing Madeline’s perspective is so helpful. Thank you!
Dear Sofia, my heart sings. I can relate in so many ways to this episode. I had to laugh because I was recently asked if I wasn't sad or angry to get the torn knitwear from my grandkids back for darning. I didn't understand the question at first. I am so happy that they love to wear my knitted garments so much. It shows signs of wear but they are signs of love. Happy to have such knitworthy grandkids who wear their garments with joy and even order the next knitted garments including their special wishes. 😀
My favorite quote from Etty Hillesum is this:
Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.
❤
Thank you! And yes, that is a powerful quote!
Such a beautiful quote! ❤
Thank you for a nice company to my knitting. I loved the books about Anne of Green Gables when I was a child. I have been to Auschwitz three times, travelling with my kids and their school classes. I don't manage to read books about that place. It's so horribel. I'm so happy that this podcast is running again. I have missed it a lot.
Thank you Merete, it's lovely to be back! Etty's book is not about Auschwitz, it's written before she was deported there and it's more about her personal and spiritual growth and how she finds her way to God and prayer. How she copes in a dark world, by being light, by spreading light, by having hope and faith. But I can really understand what you mean!
Madeline is a beautiful deep thinking person who has a beautiful gift, the gift of compassion. Your parents are so blessed to have given you an education and life skills to live a garmonious life of kindness. A blessing to your father's memory also. Andrea is a beautiful role model.
I am watching this in the midst of the terrible news coming out of Gaza. Listening to you and Madeleine talk about the books and how to navigate the suffering in life gave me some peace and some hope. It was a very touching beautiful episode, and I had tears in my eyes too, because we all remember Andrew, and what a loss it has been to Andrea and Madeleine. Tak Sofia.
I love love love your bookconversation. You have both experienced hard times, that makes your words so valuable. I found your conversation wise, heartwarming and encouraging. Thank you both. 🙏
Thank you! It's a humble privilege to share our experiences in this way.
I read Viktor Frankl's "Mans Search for Meaning" and wrote a paper about it while in college so long ago. I'd love to read Etty Hillesum's book now. My brother, Michael, knows a tremendous amount about the Holocaust and has dined with and interviewed numerous survivors. A beautiful episode. Thank you.
Oh my goodness, Sofia, I just came upon your incredible podcast. One thing, tho, I can't keep my eyes on my knitting while wanting to enjoy every minute of the beauty that you show us!! Thank you so much for sharing, it brings peace to my heart. Sally in Portland, Oregon, USA
Thank you so much for your heartwarming words!
I was just going to watch episode 1 again because I enjoyed it so much, but now with much joy I see there is an episode 2! Hooray.
Lovely! Thank you!
Dear Sofia and Madaleine, thank you for such a beautiful and profound podcast. I hope as many people as possible will watch and listen to your meaningful conversation. Thank you 💗
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much, Sofia and Madeleine. You even made me cry!
Thank you!
What a special episode. For long time viewers of both your podcast, Sofia, and of Fruity Knitting, it was so beautiful to be a part of the conversation on love and grief, and not succumbing to bitterness. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your creative life! With love from Vermont, USA ❤
I am so happy to see you again and looking so well, Sofia. I have missed your podcasts. It's nice to see you knitting with Madeline, I see so much of Andrew in her. I enjoyed your book discussions. I have read Mans Search for Meaning, but not the book you talked about. I will have to read it. I am going to give your sock KAL a go. I have never participated in a KAL, but it sounds like fun!
Thank you! And yes, so much of Andrew in her :) I hope you will like to read Etty Hillesum. Glad you want to join the knitalong!
I am sure he is looking down on her with great pride - she is a delight to look at and listen to. So clever, mature and lovely. I rushed to the book shelf in the Bookbeat app and down loaded Mans search .....
Thanks for a wonderful episode.
Such a wonderful and meaningful episode! I live with seven chronic illnesses along with a degenerative neurological disease. I ponder these questions and strive constantly for meaning in an ever shrinking life involving constant grieving of loss of ability. I strive to find the joy in life and I have found too that doing for others is a big part of this no matter your circumstances. For me at present I'm fortunate to be able to still create and make for those in my life (and those who may be strangers experiencing difficultly) and hopefully show them the love and joy they bring to me that I can return in this small way. I'll definitely be adding these books to my reading list. ❤
What an enjoyable, lovely episode - thank you, Sofia and Madeleine. I loved this combination of knitting and books. The discussion of the books was beautifully done by both of you - tear-jerking but very profound. Thank you for so much interesting food for thought and the sense of being with, as Anne would say, 'kindred spirits'. xx
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, it's always lovely to encounter our kindred spirits!
Wonderful, thank both of you for sharing your thoughts and experiences so far into politics as well personal issues. And yes - apart from social media - live connection and communication is key! However i was very glad to have found your uplifting conversation, dear Sophia, dear Madeline.
Thank you so much!
I am so moved by this. I just don't have the words to say how this has impacted me during a tough time. 🥰
Thank you for telling me. Sending you blessings and warm wishes for all good!
Adorable both of you. Amazing episode 🩷
Thank you!
Thank you for allowing your faith in God shine through. I lost my husband suddenly in a work related accident; I would not have been able to survive the grief without God.
I am so sorry for your loss! And I can relate, I would not know how to go through grief and other hardships in life without my faith. Blessings to you!
I want to give you each a virtual hug. What a beautiful episode with such a deep, vulnerable conversation! Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" has been a favorite of mine for years. I've used it in teaching my university students and many have found it life-changing as I did. Your friendship radiates from this episode. What a blessing for you both. Thank you for sharing it with us, your listeners. Good friendships are so healing and comforting. So necessary for each of us.
Thank you! A blessing indeed. That's so lovely to know!
Thank you girls you were amazing - I lost my youngest son last year and yes to all you said. Another amazing podcast💕
Oh, sending you heartfelt condolences!
This is my first time watching your podcast, Sofia.I live in Maine and found you through Fibertrek. I also love Fruity Knitting and Knit My Way Home. I too, love to knit mittens so am looking forward to purchasing one of your Ravelry patterns. Your wedding sounds lovely. I wish you so much happiness. ❤
A beautiful, authentic and deep conversation. In our current world authenticity can be hard to find and is so important. So much truth in the idea if we the choose path of bitterness it is hard to find the meaning of life.. Yes grief is the price we pay for love, but also when someone we love passes, I feel they move into a special part within our heart, they live within us in way that cannot be when alive. It doesn't have the warmth or embodiment of physical life on earth, their being lives within us on a more spiritual level and enlarges who we are in the physical world. Thankyou.
Thank you for your heartwarming and wise comment!
This was a very fine episode, thank you for sharing your books and thoughts. 📖 I am working in a bookstore (for about 40 years) and it is still a joy to find the right book that touches your soul.
Thank you! And what an important job you have there, you are certainly the right person in the right place when thinking like that! How wonderful it is with a real bookstore!
@@sofiastales3012 Hej Sofia, yes I still love my job (2-3years to go), finding the right book for the right person is priority. But I have the best costumer talk when they open up a little bit more and I can introduce them some ˋhidden gems‘. I am right now in 🇩🇰 on my vacation and I have just some of my own books with me, books I wanted to read for a long time. Reading and knitting 🧶 is a very good option for this weather 💨 here. Enjoy every day 🌟🙋🏼♀️
I Enjoyed your talk about mending! I have always mended my woolens, using invisible mends when possible. I have mended things for friends and family. Some people don't seem to even know that things can be mended! I do my mending in spring, before I wash my woolen things and put them away for summer.
Sounds like a great routine!
I d love to see a video of you literally doing the mending. I learn by watching. I agree with the sentiments about the value of wearing clothing knitted by, worn by, and mended by loved ones. Imbues meaning and spirit into the prayers of the maker of the object.
Love the books discussion, a little too heavy for me today but needed to be said. Keep on sending them as there is much to learn. I love to read, myself.
Your love of knitting is contagious. Thank you!
I am planning on filming some mending :) Thank you!
Hi. Both of you are beautiful women, and such good knitters. I enjoyed hearing about your books. I like to knit, too. It relaxes me. Take Care. 😊
Lovely, thank you!
This was the most beautiful episode. I am a new viewer and found your podcast from my love of Fruity Knitting. You have a new fan!!!!
Thank you! Your words bring me joy! You are most welcome :)
A magnificent episode filled with deep thinking and conversation. I love mending something I’ve made and either kept myself or given to a loved one. My 6 year old grandson loves socks that I’ve knit for him and, 😂when needed, he asks me to fix them. I feel that mending them is just another way of showing him how much I respect and love him and inspires me to make more things for him. The conversation about the two books you both read resonated deeply for me as my father’s family suffered heavy losses in the concentration camps. My father and his few surviving relatives did come out of that hell with hope for rebuilding meaningful lives which they actually did! I have learned so much from them. It is very inspiring to listen to people who have overcome the pain of bitter times with hope and grace in tact. Madeleine is an extraordinary young woman in her own right as well as in tribute to her amazing parents, Andrea and Andrew. Honestly, I wished I could have reached into the screen and hugged both of you. I have read Frankel, but will search for the book you spoke about and read it as well. A heartfelt thank you for sharing this deeply personal conversation.❤
I have read your comment several times now because it warms my heart and soul! Thank you :)
@@sofiastales3012 ❤ and your comment warms my heart as well ❤❤
What a beautiful episode. You are both wonderful people.
Thank you!
Tack för ett fint samtal om böcker och livet!❤
Tack!
In my experience I came to believe, that when one is searching for something, like the meaning of life, it is a hopeless thing to do, and places the "meaning", the "purpose" of life on the "outside" of man himself. I came to realize, that it is not a search, that we are not suppose to be searching, but to actively GIVE life a meaning. We are suppose to give it purpose. It comes from our inside, it is not on the outside, on the manifested world. Remember, that the Bibel say, that the Kingdom of Heaven is inside of us. Much love and blessings.
Thank you!
Such a beautiful heartfelt episode! ❤❤
Love those little mitts hanging on the clothes line🇨🇦❤️
I remember the last time you recommended Etsy Hillesum and reading it then, I was so inspired and it has made me want to look out my copy and re read it. I would love to join the mystery knitalong, I find colourwork a bit tricky - it often comes out too tight, but the only way to get this right is to practise! Lovely to see you again. ❤
I am glad, then you also found a friend in Etty!
Lovely episode! One of my favorite authors is Dostoevsky. I also very much enjoyed Frankl’s book.
Thank you! Isn't it lovely to share reading experiences?
It is lovely to see you podcast again. “Man’s Search for Meaning” is a powerful book. If you liked it, you might also read “ A Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck. I look forward to your next podcast. 🤗
Thank you! It is truly a wonderful thing to share reading experiences!
I needed a new book to read, I Will read Frankl. Thank you. Love from Tina Majcherek
Thank you, I hope you'll like it!
Jaa vad kul med knit along! Och så fin episod!❤❤
Tusen tack! Och vad roligt om du vill vara med :)
I really don't hae words!! The only thing i can say is that i have saved this episode under s folder created sometime ago, named LOVE
Thank you! I have read your words several times as they warm my heart and soul!
Tack för ett trevligt avsnitt! nu är mönstret beställt ser framemot det 🧶❤🥰
Vad roligt!
Hello Sofia. Loving your new sharings. Can I check, is your Patreon material in English or Swedish?
Thank you! Patreon is all in English!🥰🧶☀️
Yeah Sofia another mystery!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Dear Sophia, greetings from Moscow. 🌺🌺🌺❤
Warm greetings back!
Я Нина из России люблю смотреть вас и слушать вы очень приятны желаю вам творческих успехов спасибо .❤❤❤
What is the title of the book, you are reading Sofia? Unfortunately I didn’t get it. 😊
Etty Hillesum, Letters from Westerbork and An interrupted life. Thank you for asking, I have now edited the shownotes in the description box and added the titles. Warmly, Sofia
Wonderful
Wish it was in English
Most of this episode is in English and the segments in Swedish have English subtitles that is easy to activate.