God is Amazing

Some progress on Beyond the Cherry Trees block # 15. I worked so hard to get everything lined up on all sides and did a pretty good job. But what happened on the far right? Maybe there will be a leaf or a flower to cover it up. I am still wondering of this is too bold a print to add to the rest that I have. I will wait and see. 

BTCT # 15

 This block is finally complete. I realize now that there are a lot more circles in this quilt than just the cherries and grapes. 

BTCT # 24

I had the coolest experience at our local fall fair the other day. It was our Canadian National Guernsey show and we had a lot of work to do to get 17 cows and heifers ready and shown. I just watch most of the time now and run errands. We won the Junior Champion and the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion. This is always nice. But this is not the cool thing that happened.

I had a conversation with 2 women who were escorting 10 year old Angelina around the fair. Angelina is handicapped and was being wheeled around in a specially made stroller. At 10 years of age, she was tiny and showed many of the same characteristics of children born with Cornelia deLange Syndrome. This is the same condition that our daughter Denine was born with. This is the first time in the 42 years since we learned of this that I met up with another who has it. So, I came home and finally did the research. I had submitted my revised manuscript the week before. My editor has asked for more medical details for the book
Denine: One mother's journey with a profoundly handicapped child. 
I was curious to see what was in a particular old box sitting on top of a dresser in a storage room upstairs and found the original medical records. Some of them were letters sent to us and others were details I copied out of the files from our family doctor after I first wrote our story in 1986.

God is amazing.
Blessings,
Chris