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Posted by Mika on March 15, 2007, 1:19 pm
Thanks Irene. The Hug is definitely doing it's job. DH and I have slept with
it on our bed each night. During the night I have really found a lot of
comfort in it.
Hugs,
Mika
How wonderful the hug is doing it's job.....
.....Happy Birthday, too!
-Irene
wrote:
>I have just had the most wonderful early dinner, conversation and beautiful
>surprise I could ask for. Linda from Patchogue and I met up this afternoon
>for a visit and early dinner. After we sat down she handed me this bag with
>a quilt in that she wanted me to look at. Oh what a beautiful quilt it was
>too. Then she told me that it was my very own HUG quilt. What a wonderful
>surprise. I can never thank you all enough for your kindness, caring,
>thoughtfulness and generosity in doing this for me. I can wrap myself in
>the
>love of my friends and feel the love of my brother with this HUG quilt. It
>is absolutely beautiful. Even though it has been almost 8 months since
>Butch
>died, right now I am just numb. There are days that I want to cry and the
>tears won't come. I just want to feel again. So this HUG couldn't have come
>at a better time. After I showed it to DH, I wrapped myself in it and it
>hit
>me just how lucky I am to have such wonderful friends and then the tears
>came.
>
>The timing was so great in more ways than one. The last few days I have
>been
>feeling especially blue because yesterday was my birthday. Ordinarily
>birthdays are pretty much just another day but this was my 50th and that is
>huge for me. I guess losing my brother just made me realize that I'm really
>not immortal and in a way I guess I had become complacent about it since I
>have already outlived everyone's expectations by many years. In June it
>will
>be 38 years since I had open-heart surgery that saved my life and I have
>not
>had to have any repairs or anything since. That is huge. But knowing that
>I'll not be able to share the big milestones (like turning 50) with him
>anymore has really bothered me so this HUG quilt came just at the right
>time.
>
>Thank you all so much. Words cannot begin to describe how much this means
>to
>me. I love you all.
>
>Love and hugs,
>Mika
>
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