I have been collecting wonderful cards all summer. We had a Saturday morning card making event where even more cards were made. Yesterday, I took all those cards and all the knitted and crocheted prayer shawls (7 in total) to the volunteer coordinator for distribution to cancer patients - a little something to cheer their dreary days. Normally, PrayerSong would distribute them, but this fall the choir is not functioning (my own fault - I just haven't the umpfh to do it).
I woman I met with was stunned at the cards. She started reading them (I think just to make sure they were appropriate) and started to cry. Then she began planning how to distribute them. Through social workers, through the volunteer carts, through the nurses - she immediately saw their value and impact. There were cards for so many unique sectors: children, men, older, younger, moms, singles - the gamut. Themes varied from sentimental to rainbows to flowers to rugged outdoor scenes. All of them were packed with good wishes and hope. Hope. That is the main necessary ingredient.
As I headed out the door, she looked up at me and asked "When will you be back and bring more cards?" I told her we have a day planned in early December and I would bring more then. I pray every recipient will be uplifted and blest. Meantime, back to the design table!
I woman I met with was stunned at the cards. She started reading them (I think just to make sure they were appropriate) and started to cry. Then she began planning how to distribute them. Through social workers, through the volunteer carts, through the nurses - she immediately saw their value and impact. There were cards for so many unique sectors: children, men, older, younger, moms, singles - the gamut. Themes varied from sentimental to rainbows to flowers to rugged outdoor scenes. All of them were packed with good wishes and hope. Hope. That is the main necessary ingredient.
As I headed out the door, she looked up at me and asked "When will you be back and bring more cards?" I told her we have a day planned in early December and I would bring more then. I pray every recipient will be uplifted and blest. Meantime, back to the design table!
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