Cross posted from Community Quilt Project
Scott Olsen's quilt
Sensible Shoes is a caregiver to her sister who has a cancer of the brain called glioblastoma. If that sounds awful it is because it is awful. Caring for someone in that sort of situation is a 24/7 affair. It is truly exhausting -- to the body, the mind, and the spirit. But when you love someone like Sensible Shoes loves her sister, you just have to buckle down and carry on, no matter how tired you get. Cancer is a hard journey for the family of the sufferer, not just the patient alone.
Scott Olsen's quilt, showing the backing
We intend to support Sensible Shoes in her care giving with a community quilt. She can wrap herself up in your kind messages and draw strength from them whenever she needs it. Won't you say a few loving words to her for her love catcher quilt?
peregrine kate's quilt, detail
Leave a message in the comments below and I will transcribe it in archival ink on muslin, to be sewn into Sensible Shoe's quilt. If you would like to contribute to the quilt project (time and materials), here is a PayPal link - or message me for a snail mail address if you prefer to send a check. A donation of $10 per message is suggested -- but please leave a message even if you cannot donate.
princesspat's quilt top
These people have left messages for Sensible Shoes already -- please check to see if you are on it. We need 19 more messages to make this quilt.
1. Nurse Kelley
2. Louisiana 1976
3. Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
4. cfk in the Thumb of Michigan
5. Otteray Scribe
6. peregrine kate
7. JMoore
8. Onomastic
9. john07801
10. ZenTrainer
11. Mnemosyne
12. flumptytail
14. Jnhobbs
15. mrsdbrown1
16. Ebby
17. Deejay Lyn
18. llbear
19. Ooooh
20. princesspat
21. Radical simplicity
22. NormAl1792
23. Emmet
24. One Pissed Off Liberal
25. Bigjacbigjacbigjac
Goldie inspects Aji's quilt and approves it
Here are a few of Sensible Shoes' messages -- for inspiration:
If all you see are shadows ahead, it means the sun is right behind you. And when you wear this quilt your friends are all around you. radical simplicity
"If you are afraid of the dark......remember the night rainbow.
If you lose a memory.....embroider a new one to take it's place." Cooper Edens, 1979
May you and your sister cherish your time together and the memories you share. princesspat
May you and your sister be lifted up on the wings of peace and love...Think on this and breathe. Ooooh
We do for the ones we love. And perhaps in the doing, we define what love is. jnhobbs
Aji's quilt, detail
Here is a list of community quilts completed to date:
othniel (cellulitis and ensuing complications)
exmearden (cancer of heart and lung, RIP)
MsSpentyouth (brain tumor)
Moe99 (lung cancer)
Michelle Caudle (ovarian cancer, RIP)
BFSkinner (lupus)
Kitsap River (long wait for kidney donor that ended 2/18/11)
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 (cancer, RIP)
escapee (failure of corneal surgery)
SarahLee (lymphoma, Lyme Disease)
Bustergirl (ovarian cancer)
mimi's niece (cancer)
ZenTrainer (breast cancer)
Miss Blue (severe injury to shoulder, anxiety over coverage for surgery)
Granny Doc (bladder cancer)
mango (heart attack)
nudger (ovarian cancer, RIP)
DaNang65 (heart condition)
Lt. Choi (exhaustion)
Nurse Kelley (spinal stenosis)
Ben Masel (lung cancer, RIP)
Otterary Scribe (caregiver, grieving grandfather, grieving widower)
Aji (autoimmune diseases incl. fibromyalgia, inflammatory arthritis, & Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Syndrome)
JaxDem (suddenly widowed)
DavidW (AIDS and other undiagnosed illness)
Jester the Marine (facing amputation of leg)
peregrine kate (endometrial cancer)
mimi (grief due to family illnesses)
alliedoc (endometrial cancer)
labwitchy (diffuse scleroderma)
Daily Kos (celebrating community)
belinda ridgewood (sudden loss of her mother)
princesspat (blood clots, deep vein thrombosis)
Scott Olsen (severe head injury)
David W's quilt, showing the backing
Status report of quilts in progress: Patriot Daily's messages have been transcribed and we are beginning work on her quilt. But we would like to finish Sensible Shoes' quilt first if we can get the remaining messages tonight. We're planning a medallion block to be the centerpiece of indiemocepants' quilt -- with a tree of life theme.
Goldie inspects the Daily Kos quilt
These community quilts are planned:
cany (caregiver to aged mother with multiple myeloma and dementia that causes her to be violent)
Plutonium Page (pulmonary embolisms, pulmonary infarction)
MsGrin (life long heart problems requiring multiple surgeries)
UnaSpensor (Lyme disease)
MA Liberal (caretaker to her mother who has dementia)
paradox (cyclical vomiting syndrome, PTSD, depression)
woodtick (caretaker to mother who has Alzheimer's)
Ellinorianne (rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia)
Boots says, "Thank you for supporting community quilts!"
PAY PAL LINK FOR SENSIBLE SHOES' QUILT
Namaste.