November 14, 2007
How?
How do you say Thank You when you have no words? How do you express how very much something means to you when you can't even really wrap your mind around what happened? How?
In the Valour IT auction was a quilt, a Patriotic Quilt that I was bidding on. I wanted that quilt so badly. One - it belonged to a very good friend of mine, Raging Mom, and I love to have things in my home that reflect the wonderful people in my life. Those are memories I treasure.
But even more than that, the quilt was so beautiful. And exactly the "Center Piece" I wanted for the room that will be the Heart of Paradise.
As the auction went on I knew I was stretching myself thin, and that just wasn't something I could do, so I had to stop bidding on the quilt.
I just hoped that whoever won it would cherish it.
Yesterday afternoon RM stopped by. To use her words she "just needed to see" me. So...being me I made a cobbler. :-) Company is company, you know. Special.
But she couldn't stay. She had to give me something and leave.
This is what she had to give me.......
It seems that when the auction ended the lucky winner sent RM an email. Said they had met me at the Milblog conference this spring, and they wanted me to have the quilt.
They gave me the quilt.
I don't know who did this, but if you happen to come across this post....please know your act of kindness came at a time I needed it more than I can say. Your thoughtfulness means more than you could know.
I can hardly wait to get that room finished. And hang that beautiful quilt for everyone to enjoy.
I don't know how to express my gratitude. I'm left with nothing more than Thank You. Thank you so very much.....
**Oh, and RM....the jelly is WONDERFUL!!!
You had COBBLER??!! Damn, I need to pay attention!
Posted by: Raging Mom at November 14, 2007 06:10 AM