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I’m sewing heart pillows for heart surgery patients at our local hospital and teddy bear pillows that our women’s club ladies make for the police and pediatric ER to soothe the little kids during traumas. Miami’s channel 10 (ABC) did a piece on us. If you’d like to take a look, go to http://www.gfwc-cfwc.org/PressRoom.aspx. (For some reason I can’t copy the address, you may have to type it in.) Anyway, that’s me doing all the talking. Did you guess?
We have a lot of fun doing this and it’s so rewarding to see the heart patient’s faces light up when they get the pillows. (If you don’t know, after chest surgery, you have to hold a pillow tightly and cough several times a day. It’s just a little easier if you have a pretty pillow to use.) We don’t see the kids when they get their pillows but the police and nurses say those little bears almost always brighten up the situation for the kids. They tell us they grab onto them and hold them as tight as they can. It’s a good feeling for us too!
In the past we’ve also made small pillows for women to hold under their arms after a mastectomy. We donate these to Gilda’s (Radner) Club. Hey, it’s keeps us old ladies out of the bars.
We also knit or crochet afghans for aids children in Africa and lap robes for nursing home patients. We have a group of 12 of us who dress in 1890 bathing suits and sing some of the old songs. Those old folks love to sing along and really get into it. Then, when they get the lap robes too, you’d think Santa had come.Do you have something you’d like to tell all of us about you? Interesting trips you’ve taken, serious illnesses, funny things happening at a wedding, unusual or entertaining things your kids/pets/spouses have done, events you’d like to brag about? I don’t know about everybody else but I love to hear about all of our Days addicts.
(Jenn, could you switch this to a new thread?)
I love to crochet and never throw any leftover yarn out. When I was working at the hospital I crochet a bunch of throws for the NICU babies that were healthy enough or big enough to be in the regular bassinets. They weren’t that big maybe 18 X 24 inches just bit enough to place over then and tuck the sides in so they’d look pretty when mom & dad came to see them. The nurses loved them. Of course they all had to go through the hospital laundry before use.
What am I up to now? The church I go to has a small youth group but all the kids were bunched together from 5-16 with the youth pastor. I’d mentioned I use to help with the youth group when I lived in Chicago and he jumped on it. I’m helping out with the group on Wednesday night and I get the kids ages 5-10. We’ve only met for 3 weeks and have 3 kids in that age group (all siblings) and they weren’t there this past Wednesday so I had nothing to do and sat in the service with the adults. This morning at church one of the girls came over to me and asked if I was going to be with them at children’s church today. You should have seen the sad face when I told her no she only gets me on Wednesday nights.
My husband and I took a cooking class at the Senior Center (we’re not old enough for the center but they opened it to people 50 and above). One 6 week session turned into 3 – 6 week sessions and we became friends with the instructor, Chef Michael (not the one with the dog food) and his wife Jeanne. Chef Michael does cooking demonstrations for different organizations and events and he’s asked me to help with the next couple of events which are international in theme. I’m looking forward to that. He’s also starting the cooking classes again and taking our advice of traveling across the US in food. He’s starting out locally with Alabama cooking and asked if I’d teach one of the classes. I’m not good talking in front of people but Michael’s so sweet it’s hard to tell him no. He’s writing his second book, first is "My Life in a Frying Pan" and said it’s short stories infused with some recipes and he’s got Don and I mentioned in the book. His wife Jeanne was marketing manager and was on the air for one of the local oldies radio stations but the station was sold last year and the new owners shut it down. The gentleman who owns the air waves or frequency lives in another state, he just bought it for an investment. He told Jeanne and another gentleman who worked there to do what they want with the frequency so they’re making it a Christian station with a little bit of everything. At night they’re going to play old radio shows. I’ve volunteered to help in any way I can to get them going and will be doing some data entry and Jeanne also wants me to be on the air. I’m hesitant but she keeps pushing and it’s harder and harder to say no so I may get my 15 minutes of fame soon.
You can go to our club web site, http://www.gfwc-cswc.org and then on the left, click on "Press Room." That should work.
Bonbon
Bonbon, Thats awsome that you are doing this, My dad had a hearattack 3 times, with open heart once. he had a few of those pillows! I havent read the article yet but I am going to. Congrats!
Nora
You ladies are both outstanding! Thank God for ‘helpful and willing workers’ like you two.
Makes me hate to admit that after church, I took an arthritis pain pill, went to bed and did nothing else. Guess I am just a softie.
Goody
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