A THANK YOU TO OUR VETRANS

I WANT TO SHARE  AN AWESOME

 EXPERIENCE I HAD TODAY....

I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME

 TO READ MY STORY.

TODAY 4 OF MY QUILTING FRIENDS AND I WENT TO THE 

HEINE'S VETERAN CENTER

TO DELIVER QUILTS AND SAY "THANK YOU." 

8 WOMEN WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE SCRAPPY LADIES 

MET TWICE A MONTH AND QUILTED. 

8 WOMAN MET TWICE A MONTH AND TALKED 

ABOUT A WAY TO TELL A VET "THANK YOU."
IT TOOK ONE YEAR FOR ME AND MY SISTER 

QUILTERS OF PLANNING,COLLECTING 

FABRIC AND QUILTING TO FINISH OUR GIFTS. 

ONLY 5 OUT OF THE 8 COULD MAKE IT ON THE 

DELIVERY DATE. I HAVE A LITTLE SAD 

PART IN MY HEART FOR THE 3 THAT COULDN'T 

MAKE IT. THEY MISSED OUT ON AN 

EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. 

WE CARRIED INTO THE HOSPITAL 

19 TWIN SIZE QUILTS. 

MOST OF THEM WERE RED, WHITE AND BLUE

 AND A FEW WERE MADE WITH JUST 

PRETTY COLORS. MOST OF THEM WERE 

A CHINESE COIN PATTERN BUT SOME WERE

MORE ELABORATE. ALL OF THEM WERE MADE 

WITH LOVING HANDS. ALL OF THEM 

WERE MADE WHILE WE SHARED OUR THOUGHTS 

ON OUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS AND 

FRIENDS WHO ARE OR WHO WERE IN THE 

MILITARY. 

ALL 8 WOMAN KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE 

TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN
AND WE HOPED OUR GIFT OF A QUILT WILL

EXPRESS A SMALL GRATITUDE 

OF OUR FEELINGS.
 
THE FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL THAT WE 

VISITED HAD 19 VETS THAT WERE 

PATIENTS THIS DAY.A FEW OF THEM 

WERE OLDER GENTLEMEN.
ONE MAN TOLD US HE SERVED IN THE 

ARMY IN 1955.THERE WAS ONE WOMAN

WHO HAD JUST HAD SURGERY. ONE MAN 

HAD LOST HIS LOWER LEG, 

I DONT KNOW HOW AND I WAS 

AFRAID TO ASK.

4 QUILTS WERE LEFT OUTSIDE THE

ROOMS FOR THE NURSES TO TAKE 

IN BECAUSE NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO 

ENTER THE ROOMS.

WITH EVERY QUILT WE THANKED THESE 

HEROES FOR THEIR DEDICATION, 

THEIR HONOR, THEIR UNSELFISHNESS FOR 

KEEPING US SAFE.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US FREE. 

EVERY VET PUT OUT THEIR HAND TO 

SHAKE OR OPENED THEIR ARMS FOR A HUG. 

THE HUGS WERE MY FAVORITE! 

EVERYONE OF THESE VETERANS WERE SO

 TAKEN BACK BY THESE 5 WOMAN 

WHO WERE GIVING AWAY THE "BLANKETS".

THEY KEPT THANKING US AND MORE THAN 

ONE SAID 

"THERE IS A PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR WOMAN LIKE YOU." 

(IF HEAVEN IS JUST A QUILT AWAY...

I NEED TO MAKE MORE QUILTS!)
EVERYONE SHOULD THANK A SOLDIER

 FOR THEIR SACRIFICE.

TONIGHT I WAS CHECKING ON MY EMAILS TO FIND 

THAT A FRIEND SENT ME THIS LINK......

SO FITTING FOR MY DAY......PLEASE WATCH IT.

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GOD BLESS THE VETERANS