Two of the best Community Builders at Daily Kos …..winglion and SaraR ….Ann and Sara Reed. These two amazing women have been building Community here at Daily Kos since long before I signed up. Their quilts are legendary for their beauty and for the love and warmth and friendship that is sewed into every one of them. Their Pootie Pads are a thing of delight for Pooties….giving them something lovely and full of organic catnip to roll around and play and nap upon.
There have been so many others besides the ones pictured here, made with love and care for members of our community who have been ill or injured or simply hurt by the vagaries of Life.
All of us who are recipients of a quilt know how powerful they are, how much they can contribute to our health and well being. And how flat out gorgeous they are!
On 11 February, Ann had a trip to hospital courtesy of her heart kicking up a fuss.. You can read the story here. They did an angioplasty, and she returned home to recuperate. Things were proceeding until Sunday night (18 February), when she started feeling unwell again.
On Monday morning, I got an email from Sara, saying, “She started to have some symptoms again, odd pains and such — so, knowing the drill, we called the advice nurse and then the paramedics. Out of caution, the ER doctor wanted her to stay overnight for tests. She is comfortable and in good hands.
Ann stayed two days in the hospital again. As it turned out, there was another blockage on the left side of her heart that had not been identified before that was of great concern. Thankfully, Ann was able to pass a stress test and so was spared the fate of another stent for now. Now she heals and will see a cardiologist at the end of March.”
The thing is….this is how Sara and Ann support themselves. They’ve done well, until a year or so ago, when their kitchen was flooded and they had to battle the insurance company and live with an totally dismantled kitchen from September….until well after the first of the year! The entire household was in an uproar and that put a lot of their work well behind where it should’ve been.
Now, with Ann’s health taking such a beating….they are unable to do the work that supports them. It’s been two steps forward and one step back for over a year. This time, they simply cannot work hard enough or fast enough to catch up.
Ann and Sara really need our help.
With Business Tax Season upon them (never mind personal taxes) and the other bills that have accumulated, they are about $3000 in the hole, and the needs are getting critical.
Even with the orders they’ve received, which are a great help, with Ann unable to work for the time being, they have no income.
Many of us are living close to the edge of disaster, ourselves. But with the permission of Teh Tewwible Twosome, I have raided the nip jar and am kicking in what I can to help.
Please join me, for whatever you can afford. However little, it adds up. Loving prayers and positive energy also help, as we all know.
UPDATED: What a great response! Thank you so much to everyone for all the donations, and love, and positive, healing energy! And for sharing this diary with others. You guys rock!!
We now have about $1200 to go….we can make this happen, and if we give them a little extra “breathing room” that would be incredible!
PayPal may be sent to hairbraider33 AT yahoo DOT com
Blessing of The Ceiling Cat be ‘pon yuz all srsly an’ amen.