The Music Lives On and On…

I hear you both in my heart…


 “Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” In recent days, this Dr. Seuss quote has been particularly true for me. With the passing of my restless but indomitably vivacious Uncle Norm, I’ve been vicariously reliving his life (and mine) through the decades of photos that have appeared in family emails and Facebook posts – this one memory in particular of my father and uncle, playing his beloved mandolin, made me cry….

Not a missing penny, BUT

REJOICE with me!!!

The things we think about when we’re supposed to be sleeping, but for one reason or another, can’t…that was my night a few nights ago. After I had finished praying for friends and family, quoting scripture verses in my mind, and ‘thinking’, my mind turned to the king-sized quilt I have been working on. My best and only report is that it’s coming along. For fabrics, I began the project with what I thought would be suitable, but still felt like something was missing. So, when this fabric came to mind during the wee small hours of the morning, I knew I’d have to find it. Due to my varied ‘fabric-filing-systems’,…(ah-HEM)

…it took me longer than anticipated to locate the fabric – just leftover scraps from a summer bathrobe that I had made myself when I was in my thirties. Like the woman who shared her joy over finding a missing penny, I brought the fabric scrap downstairs and showed it to my husband. I gleefully announced, “I’m so HAPPY I finally found this fabric…it came to mind during the night when I couldn’t sleep.” to which he mumbled, “…things I don’t think about when I’m awake at night…”