Yes, I’ve taken more than a hiatus from writing. Letting the stress of the world around me get in the way. But, fortunately, my Trailblaze family hasn’t let it take complete control. During this quarantine, I’ve watched one fellow Trailblazer after enough complete extraordinary challenges, on their own, to continue the fundraising for Wishes. You …
I know it’s been a while…I’ve let life kind of creep in. The weight of the pandemic, our new work-from-home, teach-from-home, teach our kids-from-home situation. I’ve kept busy to keep anxiety at bay. It has been hard to find the calm in the storm. Except when you have Michelle…. Michelle is one of the leaders …
I’ve written about the blue shirt before. In wish blue, it’s the perfect representation of a hard fought, 28.3 mile battle for Wish kids. And if you’re crazy enough, or perhaps I should say sane enough, to do the Trailblaze challenge a second time, you earn a purple shirt. Our fearless leader, Jody, says that …
When I first started this project, I assumed that I would work with a few varieties of patterns. One pattern for hiker donors who had earned their blue shirt; one for blue and red; one for blue, red, and purple; and so on and so forth. I thought I’d have a set pattern for non-hiker …
As we head through this journey together, you’ll see that t-shirt colors are oddly, on the one hand, but quite logically on the other, meaningful to Make A Wish Trailblazers. The first of these colors is blue. You see, the colors mean so much because they are earned. And although we are hikers, they are …
If you read my most recent post, you learned about the “old” tradition of quilting and crocheting in my family. If you’re reading this post, hopefully I can share with you our “new” tradition and a small glimpse into how the two became one. It started with a simple Facebook post… Like many of you, …
My two grandmothers, Mattie and Kitty. So similar, yet so different. One shy, gentle, and meek. The other stubborn as a mule and open to some frivolity, if only on occasion. But both, strong, loving, and family-centered. My Grandmama (Mattie), as I called her, passed away when I was 9. I was old enough to …
When I first started the Wish Quilt, I imagined I’d be writing here talking about crochet. How I decided a little over two years ago to learn from my grandmother. How I’d done the Make A Wish Trailblaze Challenge the next year. And how it just seemed to come together naturally to use one old …