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Jan's Quilts
It's almost been two years since I lost a wonderful friend to breast cancer. May 6, 2009. We documented Jan's quilts by photographing them. Over the past two years I have been adding them here. If you go to the search box and add JAN'S QUILTS 2009 you will see at least 80 photos of quilts she made. Many were group projects that our Tuesday quilt group did block exchanges on. We are now doing a block exchange in reds and blacks. It is a different pattern from this one but the reason I chose this photo today.
I have spent the past week laboring on my dad's lawns getting the house ready to sell after his death. I have had two weeks vacation and tomorrow I go back to work. Today we will all be going back to the house to do the final cleaning now that the new carpeting and flooring is in.
Dad we love you so much. A good friend of dad's came over to the house yesterday. She misses him so much. I have talked to his neighbor numerous times this week while raking the lawn, clearing out the flower beds, trimming the trees. They miss him too. I work the soil and think to myself "dad you left us too soon". I know I need to get to the point of being ok with him being gone. I know he was in so much pain. I know his quality of life had declined. I know I miss him. There is such a strong personality that remains with me with every person I have known over the years. The combination of essence that made up their personality and being. I feel them. You will always be with me.
Jan's Quilts
It's almost been two years since I lost a wonderful friend to breast cancer. May 6, 2009. We documented Jan's quilts by photographing them. Over the past two years I have been adding them here. If you go to the search box and add JAN'S QUILTS 2009 you will see at least 80 photos of quilts she made. Many were group projects that our Tuesday quilt group did block exchanges on. We are now doing a block exchange in reds and blacks. It is a different pattern from this one but the reason I chose this photo today.
I have spent the past week laboring on my dad's lawns getting the house ready to sell after his death. I have had two weeks vacation and tomorrow I go back to work. Today we will all be going back to the house to do the final cleaning now that the new carpeting and flooring is in.
Dad we love you so much. A good friend of dad's came over to the house yesterday. She misses him so much. I have talked to his neighbor numerous times this week while raking the lawn, clearing out the flower beds, trimming the trees. They miss him too. I work the soil and think to myself "dad you left us too soon". I know I need to get to the point of being ok with him being gone. I know he was in so much pain. I know his quality of life had declined. I know I miss him. There is such a strong personality that remains with me with every person I have known over the years. The combination of essence that made up their personality and being. I feel them. You will always be with me.