Gifts

A good friend, Amy, sent us a special gift that made me think of the other special gifts we received. A few weeks ago we got a beautiful quilt with some fabric from some of Lev's clothes, and some shirts that he and Tony shared, but most amazingly was the feel of the colors of the quilt. At felt like Lev would have liked it, and it had lots of his quotes on it. It is pretty intense, but not as intense as the quilt with this shirts. The shirt quilt is in Lev's special trunk that sits in our bedroom. The quilt from Ariel is on our couch.

We set up another altar space in the living room. I find it comforting, and to be able to go to it and light a candle at least allows me to do something. One of the worst things about this type of grief is that there is nothing you can do to make it better. ayou can distract yourself, but it doesn't really make it better.

Back to Amy's gift -it arrived in the mail yesterday, but I wasn't in the mental space to open it until today. It has pictures and quotes matched together in a little scrap book. The quotes match the photos so well, and make it all ring so true. He is so missed. I added the book to the altar. It is beautiful. Maybe I will scan some of it for the blog to share it.