Yep, that's right. I'm calling out Sara R, it's about time more of us did.
Meteor Blades did it first, he always seems to say it best.
Yesterday Sara R posted yet another Community Quilt diary for Granny Doc. Sara has done at least 43 quilts, not only for other community members, but for their family, friends, and caregivers.
This doesn't take into account the numerous quilts Sara has contributed to get more and better Democrats into office.
"One of the Best Things I Ever Did" shares a bit of Sara's history and her commitment to Native American issues. Here is Sara at NN 10 pictured with that Star Quilt. h/t navajo for photo
Something needs to be done about all of this.................
.......it's my goal to see that it is. What jumped off the screen in yesterday's diary was that Sara gave up a quilt for herself so that she could give it to another kossack's niece, ill with cancer.
So Sara R, it's your turn for your words to come back around.
"Ojibwa, who writes with me on Street Prophets [and also at Daily Kos], says that in his Native American tradition that community is recognized as an important component of healing. The quilt project appears to be tapping into the healing power of community–and not just for the recipients. The people who give messages also receive a feeling of well-being and harmony from the exercise. There is something wonderful at work here–and I can’t claim credit for it. It comes from all of us, our spirits, our hearts, focusing on a need. When we wish healing for another, we do something good for ourselves and the whole group, as well."
After several years of having to step away from my beloved quilting, Sara was the moving factor that got me going again. In light of that it will be an honor to assemble your messages in a quilt for Sara.
Please leave a message for Sara in the comment section. It's high time that she gets to wrap herself up in the warmth and love she has so freely spread throughout this community.
To date these are the quilts Sara has completed.
othniel (cellulitis and ensuing complications)
exmearden (cancer of heart and lung)
MsSpentyouth (brain tumor)
Moe99 (lung cancer)
Michelle Caudle (ovarian cancer)
BFSkinner (lupus)
Kitsap River (waiting for kidney donor)
Frederick Clarkson (blood clots)
Dreaming of Better Days (lymphoma)
one bite at a time (lost house and belongings to fire)
Timroff (cellulitis)
Sol Fed Joe (multiple cancers and health problems)
Brubs (AIDS, immune reconstitution syndrome)
rserven (gall bladder infection with dangerous complications)
grndrush (brain tumor, RIP)
ImpeachKingBushII (needs liver transplant)
andsarahtoo (lupus)
Frank Cocozzelli (muscular dystrophy)
luvsathoroughbred (breast cancer)
Predictor (stroke and HIV)
Austex54 (caretaker to othniel)
Theodore Olbermann, RIP
cskendrick (antibiotic resistant infection)
Keith Olbermann (caregiver to father)
Juan (cancer)
Ana (a young horse belonging to Juan, hit by truck)
MA Liberal’s mother (Alzheimer’s)
Charles CurtisStanley (caretaker to Kitsap River)
Lorikeet (cervical cancer)
Dr. Lori (metastatic cancer)
ulookarmless (cancer, heart condition, stroke)
riverlover (caregiver to husband suffering from liver failure, now widowed)
Melody Townsel (caregiver to dying father, now deceased)
dadanation (AIDS)
Dr. William F. Harrison (leukemia), RIP
Larry Bailey (sudden loss of partner to heart attack)
ramara (adopted son with fetal alcohol syndrome)
Noor B (herniated disk from car accident)
Louisiana 1976 (fibromyalgia, severe arthritis, depression)
stumpy (MS, stroke, RIP)
bleeding heart's niece (in hospice care for cancer)
escapee (failure of corneal surgery)
Quilts Sara is still working on....
DaNang65 (heart disease)
Ellinorianne (rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia)
UnaSpensor (Lyme disease)
MA Liberal (caretaker to her mother who has dementia)
labwitchy (diffuse scleroderma)
paradox (cyclical vomiting syndrome, PTSD, depression)
KelleyRN2 (spinal stenosis)
Anyone feeling so inclined can also send a message of support by donatingto Sara's "Community Quilt Project" to help her cover the expenses to make these quilts.
UPDATE: As Sara requests, and is rightfully so, please include her sister, Ann, in your messages.
On another note: Today is the anniversary of my first trip to the Bay Area for the SFKossacks dinner a year ago. In light of that I'm preparing a special dinner and will be commenting sporadically for a bit, but I will return this evening to catch up on comments.
UPDATE X 2: The response to Sara's and Ann's love and contribution to this community is overwhelming. Thank you to everyone who has left messages for them. It's early morning on the East coast, and getting very late here on the West coast, so for tonight I take my leave. Tomorrow I will catch up with comments.
Again, thank you to all who've shared with Sara and Ann.