RE: "they got there a few days after she'd died. "

What a wonderful story, lesley. Thanks for sharing!

"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four- unless at least two others were invited!" -Orson Welles

I make these primative hand-made stitchings on tea-stained linen of quotes, that I then frame in distressed folk-art frames made of re-cycled barn-wood to give as gifts to loved ones at holiday time. I made one for my sister a few years back that more than a few of her friends have commissioned me to make for them, too. The quote is:

"Before you were born I wanted you. Before you were conceived I longed for you. Before I held you I would die for you. This is the Miracle of Love."

Some days you the hydrant
Some days you the dog