Love in every stitch and square
Kerri Thoreson
Last week, I wrote about the wonderful Holidays and Heroes event, the Post Falls Police Department and our area first responders. I also mentioned the ladies from Trinity Lutheran, who make homemade quilts for each child each year. This year, the St. George Catholic Church Piece Makers also contributed quilts to the cause, which I didn’t know. Now I do!
The backstory about why, in a day filled with so many blessings for these deserving children, the homemade quilts made such an impression on my heart. Probably 15 years ago, before becoming a volunteer, I was an observer at the Greyhound Park, taking it all in. I saw the tables piled high with the quilts and asked the ladies about them. A young boy and his assigned police officer approached the table and were told he could pick out any quilt to take home. The child was wide-eyed as he took his time looking at the many patterns. Finally, he found a favorite and hugged it tight.
After a pause, he looked at one of the women and politely and quietly asked if he could also have one for his little brother. “Sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night crying because he’s cold,” the boy said.
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