I'VE GOT MAIL!

As some of you may know...Shelly @ THIS ECLECTIC LIFE is very busy with her SHARE A SQUARE project. Her goal is to make 140 afghans for the children at Camp Sanquinity by June 2008. When Shelly heard that my grandson had Leukemia and would be getting more chemotherapy....she got together with her group of crocheters and they decided to make Mr. T..the first recipient of an afghan. These afghans are very special! It takes 48 people with love and compassion to make one of these quilts. This is a real labor of love! Many, many hours and much love go into making one of these beautiful afghans. Actually it takes more than 48 people. Somebody has to link all the blocks together...add on gift cards and mail it.

What better way to thank Shelly & Friends is for the happy recipient to pose with the very first afghan they made. As someone remarked.....'Just imagine this afghan as one great big hug that will bring you comfort in the days ahead!'

Well....a picture is worth a thousand words. And as you can see....Mr. T...is one Happy Camper.

Thank you everyone from Mr. T. and Nanny.

The picture doesn't really do the afghan justice. When I spread the afghan on the bed...nurses & doctors came in to ooh & aah over it! Each and every one of them marvelled at all the work involved while they read the tags and where they were from. Even the maintenance people came in to talk about it. Mr. T took great pleasure as he read off the faraway places that each square came from. That's what makes the afghan so unique. To think of all those loving hands that took the time to make this for my grandson brings tears of gratitude to my eyes. For 2 days I left the tags on the comforter so everyone could share in our joy. Finally, after copying everybody's name down, I took the tags off so that Mr. T could use the afghan as it was meant to be used.

I love the size of it! It is 6 squares wide by 8 long. Just the right size for a growing boy!

A little comfort goes a long way when you must spend a lot of time in bed! You can see on his right side where he is injected each night with Desferal.

Rest assured...this child will have sweet dreams when he is covered with love from so many people that took the time to crochet a square for a kid with cancer.

Please go visit Shelly @ THIS ECLECTIC LIFE to see how you can be a part of bringing comfort to some little boy or girl! You can see how happy this big boy is!