Hometown Madison - January & February 2017

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Camille Anding The Time Coin Alonely Grace stared out the frosted window, watching the blustery north winds make havoc of the carpet of brown leaves. The New Year’s January seemed to taunt the warm memories of Christmas. The frigid temps and relentless winds combined to add misery to her loneliness. The noise and warmth of her Christmas company were sorely missed. Grace turned her back to the drab winter scene and sat down near the fireplace. The corner where her Christmas tree had blinked and twinkled was just another lonely corner in her home. The fire glowed brightly, but it was the only bright thing in the room. Loneliness with its dreary gray cloak wrapped around Grace with a smothering grip. She retreated to her closet to find a sweater but instead, pulled a cherished quilt from the top shelf. Sitting with the cover made by her mother added a love layer of warmth over her entire body. Grace touched the stitches and traced their long-ago artistry. The stitches were tiny and uniform – the work of a veteran seamstress. Grace remembered many of the fabrics – remnants from handmade dresses her mother had sown. The pink and white checked gingham was a favorite Easter dress that Grace wore with her Easter “bonnet” and white gloves. The red, white, and blue stars were a Fourth of July memory. As Grace studied the quilt, her thoughts turned from her loneliness to the treasure on her lap. Her mother had taken remnants and tiny scraps to create a covering stitched in love. She could vividly picture her mother leaning over the stretched cotton canvas that her dad helped erect in the den. Grace had walked around her mother’s “quilt factory” many times but never associated the creation with a treasure. Time and inevitable change had reversed that. The quilt would warm Grace on this lonely day and transport her to long ago memories and the blessings of a happy childhood. God would use the quilt to teach her that remnants – even scraps can be transformed into works of beauty by His touch – no matter our age. And loneliness? For today, it would ride off on the winter winds. n 58 • Jan/Feb 2017
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