They dont want your STUFF…
Hi, there… i dont think i have posted here since 2022 (wont go into it).
But that isnt why im posting today. This morning i was at my church Bible study - just 3 of us who always enjoy each others company. The hostess had a very large notebook sitting on the coffee table where i usually sit on the sofa. I didnt think much of it at the time until she asked me - knowing i am a quilter - if i knew a certain lady who also was a quilter. Well, yes i did!
Well turns out that the hostess grew up with the lady. The quilter passed a few years ago. The notebook was full of photos of quilts made by this lady. The hostess had found the notebook at a thrift shop last year - it caught her eye because she knew the lady, so she bought it and took it home not knowing what else to do. Last week she remembered she had the notebook and thought i might like to have it if i also knew the lady.
ive heard it said hundreds of times, “they dont want your stuff after youre gone.” Seeing the notebook and all of the photos of her quilts knowing how much of her life they represented just plain made me cry. And the notebook somehow ended up in a thrift shop. That really breaks my heart.
At some point i will try to figure out a more befitting place for it to be. She was a wonderful and very accomplished lady. I guess i shouldnt be surprised but i am. I cant imagine that it wouldnt at least have been offered to her guild as a piece of history - maybe it was, but they didnt want it. But ending up in a thrift shop, thats a hard one for me to get my head around.
Thank you for listening…