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Story of a Hug Quilt
I thought I would pass this Story on.
Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else |
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What a sweet and beautiful quilt. I am sure it will be treasured for years
to come. xoxo Jeanbaby |
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Thanks for sharing your story.
Susan On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:07:47 -0600, "Christina In Ok" wrote: I thought I would pass this Story on. Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else |
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Oh, now you made me cry. A quilt is the best image of a life that I can
think of: made up of lots of pieces, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Roberta in D "Christina In Ok" wrote in message ... I thought I would pass this Story on. Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else |
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Your making me cry... That is so nice to know that people can help no
matter how far away they are. Thanx for sharing. Take Care Joanna Christina In Ok wrote: I thought I would pass this Story on. Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else -- Remove Quilt to reply |
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Christina, what a perfectly lovely thing to do. This so typifies what a Hug
quilt is all about. Do you mind if I put your story in the Hug history? Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ www.SimplyMusic.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Christina, that's so beautiful. It touched me deeply.
Can't say more. .. In article , Christina In Ok writes I thought I would pass this Story on. Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Gosh durn it Christina - you made me cry! Big splotchy happy tears that
something so small that I did made someone happy. Thanks you so much for sharing that story - it truly was beautiful. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos ********************** "Christina In Ok" wrote in message ... I thought I would pass this Story on. Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else |
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Sorry Sharon,
I guess you forgot sometimes just what a Hug quit can do for others, I know how much the quilt means to me, and I hated to give it up, but what the Hug quilt did for me was so wonderful and so uplifting, knowing this, It was something that would be light weight for him to move around, a warm at the same time, and being the perfect size, The Hug Quilt not only hugged me but pa ( FIL whom I have always called Pa) and is now hugging me once again. to each of you that have come to know me in the past 2 years, know I speak from my heart. I only gave a few examples of the names I named off to pa, as I did sit there and read off each name on the blocks.. I did not finish that, as I am a bad speller and now the names are very hard to read.. Scott in Ca Karen Hood, from Ca Patti from Phoenix, Az Hobo Helen Niles, WI Candy, Ohio Cynthia Gillot Roberta Gen Violet/Marsha Sandy, NV Leslie, MO JeanBaby Nina, Canada Michele, Oh Susanna Martin, Canada Polly, MS Butterfly, Ca and Cathy, Wi "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... Gosh durn it Christina - you made me cry! Big splotchy happy tears that something so small that I did made someone happy. Thanks you so much for sharing that story - it truly was beautiful. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos ********************** "Christina In Ok" wrote in message ... I thought I would pass this Story on. Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else |
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No apologies necessary Christina. I love stories like that - restores my
faith in peoplekind. And on a grey and wet day like today it makes me feel a little bit brighter. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia (going to do the school drop off with a blotchy but happy face) Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos ********************** "Christina In Ok" wrote in message ... Sorry Sharon, I guess you forgot sometimes just what a Hug quit can do for others, I know how much the quilt means to me, and I hated to give it up, but what the Hug quilt did for me was so wonderful and so uplifting, knowing this, It was something that would be light weight for him to move around, a warm at the same time, and being the perfect size, The Hug Quilt not only hugged me but pa ( FIL whom I have always called Pa) and is now hugging me once again. to each of you that have come to know me in the past 2 years, know I speak from my heart. I only gave a few examples of the names I named off to pa, as I did sit there and read off each name on the blocks.. I did not finish that, as I am a bad speller and now the names are very hard to read.. Scott in Ca Karen Hood, from Ca Patti from Phoenix, Az Hobo Helen Niles, WI Candy, Ohio Cynthia Gillot Roberta Gen Violet/Marsha Sandy, NV Leslie, MO JeanBaby Nina, Canada Michele, Oh Susanna Martin, Canada Polly, MS Butterfly, Ca and Cathy, Wi "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... Gosh durn it Christina - you made me cry! Big splotchy happy tears that something so small that I did made someone happy. Thanks you so much for sharing that story - it truly was beautiful. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos ********************** "Christina In Ok" wrote in message ... I thought I would pass this Story on. Let me catch up all up to date, As many of you know.. I had a accident last spring, what I wasn't sure If I would be still here now.with a very long recovery time, and many set backs, reflecting back in time, I received a Hug quilt at my time of need, a Hug Quilt that was made from this very group,of loving caring people whom I have never met. Which has touched my life in more ways then one, When I needed a Hug more then any time. With all the drama in my life that has unfolded within the last few years, I have reached for my hug quilt many times, After My MIL's death in Dec, Papa was taking it kinda of hard, and the groups quilt was talking out as they do to many of us here, as I took the quilt over to a man that needed a hug more then ever, I sat down with him and said This is my hug quilt papa, and let me explain what this does, It is a quilt like no other you have even seen, your wrapped up in so much love, from people all over the world, take a look at this block, each stitch is a stitch made with love and care, here is a block that came all the way from Australia, made by a lady only known as " Sharon" and this one, made by a person whose name is Merry, from TX" This Quilt is more then a Quilt, It is a hug quilt with prayers and well wishes , tears welled up in his eyes, and he hugged the quilt a little harder. This Quilt hugged and cared for him 7 more months, throughout that winter, and into the summer when he blood was still thin. He used the quilt every day, since his blood was thin, he got a few drops of his blood on the back side of the quilt, I now view this as a blessing. A week ago, while he was still in the hospital, before his passing I went over and got the quilt I made him and picked up the Hug Quilt, It has hugged me this week and last night, The Hug Quilt is not only a Quilt of hugs from other Quilts, but now I receive a hug from Papa.My FIl who is no longer here. I can still see how he lovely looked at the quilt. Not only did this group hug me in my time of need, but it is also helping someone else |
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