The blanket — 4 months ago
I really want to get this blanket done for my sister. My Aunt and I did craft projects all the time together. Every September if one of us had a busy year we would make sure to meet and start on that years Christmas projects. This blanket is bitter sweet. This blanket was supposed to go to my sister. My aunt was working on the squares and I was going to put them together. My aunt was working on the squares for quite some time. When I was pregnant with my son, I was having bad morning sickness and a hard pregnancy. Aunt Glor started getting sick. She went to the doctor and found out she had Lymphoma Cancer. During the months we had the most touching but difficult times. We used to laugh about how her Chemo was making her feel like morning sickness was for me. I think it was a way to deal with our stress and the reality of both things. I was finally pregnant after much trying and we could not both travel to spend time together.
I had just assumed that she was too weak to work on any knitting. I never asked. A few months later her liver started to fail and she was loosing her battle with cancer. That September in 2006 she passed away. When my mom was going though my aunts things she found a scarf and poncho that was on my Christmas wish list. My mom didn’t know what this bag of squares was and I asked her to look for it. To my amazement, my aunt had finished a pillow (this was most likely done before she got sick) and most the squares. I know there were days she was weak but I remember her saying often “I need to do more than sit here but I am too tired.”
That was a difficult Christmas for all of us. I would like to make my sister smile and finish the last project. The blanket that was for her.
