misty water colored memories, of the way we are.....
can you tell? It's cold, gray, drizzly here in soggy Texas today and yes, post-hysterectomy I'm feeling a little maudlin today.
But KK's post really made me think about how special this group is and how one is never really "forgotten" here.
It has amazed me the past few days being in my sewing room going through fabric again.
I remember when I first joined this group and first started participating. I remember receiving a squishy in the mail and thinking I should write them all in my directory, tag the fabric in some way so I would remember who sent it and where it came from.
Replying to KK's post brought it all home to me. I remember EVERY one. Being in the sewing room, looking around at my trinkets and cards and little memoirs from packages and squishies and swaps................. just looking at them reminds me of every single person from RCTQ who has touched my life.
I had finally realized and accepted my lack of organization and recording skills and just went back to putting fabric squishies in their respective color coded tubs. As I began looking for pieces for crazy quilting this week - I was truly amazed!
"Oh how funny, I remember when Musicmaker sent this to me and the card that came with it!" and so I had to go to my special drawer of RCTQ cards and find that card from Cindy. Of course that led to going through all the cards and notes I had received from RCTQ friends and the memories of every one.
Then to another color coded box, "Oh look, here are all the wonderful flowers Polly sent me!" and here are some angels from Sandy, and here are the feathers from Carol Doak and here are some of the wonderful German pieces from Roberta and here is, and this was from and oh I remember when..............
But truly, it amazes me how the love and friendship and bonds we build here - don't fade, don't go away and are never forgotten. As bad as my memory has become in the last couple of years, I couldn't believe I remembered where those squishies and pieces came from! And then it occurred to me, because they aren't just pieces of fabric or notes or cards or little memoirs of special days or times - they are mementos of FEELINGS! How I felt each time I received a squishy or a card or a note or a little chocolate treat - those feelings are still attached to each of those pieces and when you see one, touch one, hold one, the feeling is still there and that brings the warm memory.
Anyway, like I said, perhaps I am feeling a bit maudlin today - but not in a sad, gray, cold rainy day kind of way. In a very happy, warm and fuzzy, "I'm in my sewing room, with all my mementos and shared hugs and feelings from all of my family at RCTQ, and now I have my laptop that I can keep in my sewing room to touch base with them while I sew and isn't this the most wonderfully, warm and lovely way to spend a cold, gray, drizzly winter day!!!!????"
Cuppa cocoas to everyone, a working sewing machine, a good piece to hand stitch, a warm furry friend to cuddle while you hand quilt, a postcard or a note from a RCTQ sister to read, a piece of squishy to fondle, and the memories of good banter, shared happy dances, support in times of grief, laughter after SPAM and most importantly, the love that abounds among this big happy RCTQ family - to all of you, today and every day!
Tina