Tragic Day in Lawrence

I arrived at my office this morning... wondering why an intersection I travel through near my office was blocked off... I couldn't really gawk, so I travelled on to my office. A little while later, I found my answer on CNN's website. At 2:30 AM this morning, an entire block of the city (16 buildings - commerical and residential) of Lawrence, MA burned down. Nobody was killed and only one person was injured, but 180 or so are displaced... this is an area/neighborhood where a great many of my therapy clients live. I am bracing for dealing with grief for many months to come. It could have been worse, but it is still so very tragic for these low-income families who already had so very little video .

Chris received her little birthday gift that I made for her today - on her actual birthday, which is quite impressive, thank you postal service! Chris sent me the most wonderful, grateful email. She was so happy to have been thought of on her birthday. Aw, happy birthday Chris!! It was my pleasure - I very much enjoy doing exchanges with you :-)



Garden Alphabet "C" Fob
Prairie Schooler
Silkweaver 32 ct Belfast Solo Linen, DMC Floss

It's my favorite, so of course, A Quaker Christmas came back out again tonight. There is an error in the border of the motif I am working on at the moment. I didn't manage to catch it in time, but I left it in. It truly does not bother me, and I like little quirks in my samplers :-) Thank you to a dear friend, though, for giving me a little heads up email to be careful on this motif - LOL!

Speaking of samplers - if anyone is at all intersted... I started up a new blog tonight - Gallery of Samplers. Much like The World's Largest Collection of Smalls blog, this new blog will give us a place to post our samplers. I didn't know if this would appeal to anyone, but if it does, let me know and I will add you as an author to the blog :-)

Stitched on today: Started Crazy Exchange Valentine's Day Exchange, and A Quaker Christmas