Janice McC

Good afternoon, Dunes! DH and I have done our “chores” and the rest of the afternoon is free until we have to get ready for a casual party this evening. Woo, hoo!

I apologize for the huge distraction in this swap but it’s time to address the “Billi issue” for the last time. There is no incoming package from Billi. If she hasn’t sent it by now, it won’t be coming. I’m resigned to it as are most of you I'd guess. Why she has disappeared remains a mystery but I want you all to understand that nothing anyone in this swap said or did precipitated this. Whether Billi’s disappearance is deliberate or due to something we cannot yet understand, I’m not 100 percent certain. I’ve tried everything I can think of to elicit a response from her or a family member. Remember though, I was able to reach one person about a month after Billi stopped communicating and I was told Billi was well. I have no reason to disbelieve her. Whether something changed since then I don’t know but there appears to have been at least one month where Billi could have reached out and she didn’t. That’s very difficult for me to accept but I’m working on it. Maybe we’ll learn the reason, because surely there is one, but maybe we won’t. I’ll leave it up to the stars to reveal it one day.

As for the gorgeous Boom blocks each of you made for Billi, I will return them to you. I’ve had people say they want them back and others say they don’t. Sewbizgirl offered to make a donation quilt from them. I leave it to you to contact SBG to arrange mailing them to her if you wish. Frankly, I want nothing to do with them. Seeing each one breaks my heart a bit because you put a lot into them and you will get nothing in return from Billi. If I could force Billi to return your F8s (and Jaba’s comfort quilt blocks as well, a topic I have not until now mentioned online but yes, I’m aware of it as is Jaba), you know I would. But I cannot. Despite my discouragement, I’m content with the fact that I did absolutely everything to get a positive resolution for you short of hopping an airplane and showing up at her door. I’m done worrying about this and DH is tired of hearing me drone on and on about it for the last three months, poor guy. He’s getting a reprieve and now it’s time to focus on you and the other lovely blocks you made for one another. And that, as they say, is that. Moving on...