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Big Projects and Funny Realizations 🧶

Hello Hilom Fam!👋 Happy Monday! Today's stories are about the patience behind a record-sized crochet project and the funny moment you hear yourself sounding exactly like your mother.

Adelaida Guia crocheting a giant colorful mandala at Burnham Park in Baguio

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A Giant Mandala Made One Stitch at a Time

At Burnham Park's Rose Garden, Baguio artist Adelaida Guia has been crocheting a mandala measuring 223 inches across. Known for creating and displaying giant…

At Burnham Park's Rose Garden, Baguio artist Adelaida Guia has been crocheting a mandala measuring 223 inches across. Known for creating and displaying giant mandalas, she hopes her latest piece will earn a place in the Guinness World Records. A project that large can sound overwhelming until you remember that it is still made the same way as a smaller piece, one careful stitch after another.

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Young softball player realizing that she sounds like her mother while talking to a teammate

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The Moment You Hear Your Mother in Your Voice

A young softball player notices her teammate leaving equipment around and tells her, "Dude, you can't leave your stuff everywhere." A few seconds later, she…

A young softball player notices her teammate leaving equipment around and tells her, "Dude, you can't leave your stuff everywhere." A few seconds later, she pauses and realizes what just happened. She sounds exactly like her mother. Apparently, growing up sometimes arrives in the middle of a softball game.

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Hope your week begins with enough patience for the big things and enough humor for everything else.