I hope my friend, Lauren, doesn’t mind me posting this. She had the most wonderful idea, and I just had to share it.
The Christmas season can be so very difficult for some–especially those who have lost loved ones this year. The world unexpectedly lost a wonderful young man in June. Those of us who knew Chris and know his family are sensitive to their sorrow during this season built of memories. But ever-surprising Lauren, noncrafty Lauren, made a beautiful gift for Chris’s mother. Lauren told me in advance what she was planning to do, and I thought, “Good luck on that one!” To make the project, she needed to get one of Chris’s shirts from Pam. I didn’t think she would ever give one up in a million years–especially not knowing what would be done with it. Two days later Lauren appeared at my desk with the completed project.
Ornament made from Chris's shirt
Ornament made of Chris's Shirt
Lauren had cut the shirt into strips and wrapped them around a styrofoam ball. Chris’s mother could not have been more pleased with the result. Pam’s face was beaming as she showed it to me and told me of her plans to put it on an ornament stand on her mantel near the family’s Christmas stockings. She held it for me to take these photos. Now this is truly a gift from the heart, a gesture of comfort from one mother to another. It’s not the the price of the gift, but it is the thought that truly counts.
What comes from the heart, goes to the heart.
