When I graduated high school, I had a family friend make me a quilt, Patty R. I kept the quilt and pulled it out once in awhile in college and as a newlywed and all through the years. I liked all the many pieces of fabric and it was soft and cozy. in 2019 when my aunt was in the hospital and then in hospice, I grabbed that blanket out of the closet for her to lay over her in the hospital. I wanted it to be something that was cozy, had a feel of home and love. She had that blanket over her covers each day. It was hard after she passed away and the blanket started to remind me of her. It went back in the closet and over the next several years it became Luke's favorite blanket that he always wanted over his bed. I never asked him, but I am pretty sure he too thinks of Alice with that blanket.
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