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.
.<http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1>
GOD BLESS THE VETERANS
That is so awesome! I know many of the old timers love to share their stories. What a special thing you guys gave that day..quilts, love, admiration & respect! I bet you were a hard act to follow!
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