Square & Wish #18 - Fredrick, Maryland

I received this beautiful and funka-delic quilt square in the mail today from the Keller family. It's so wild and reminds me of high school a bit. I love the colors - they make me think that I should be on the beach in the Caribbean somewhere.

This is what was written on their wish card:

This Gospel was read at our wedding. It has significant meaning to us, particularly during this miraculous journey of love. With our best wishes for a life of joy and blessing. The Kellers

Luke 11:9-10
"And I tell you, ask, and it will be given you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you. For everyone who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to
him who knocks it will be opened."

Square & Wish #17 - Stuart, Florida

The Shpiruk's sent this extremely bold Asian fabric with dragons on it. Very, very cool!

The wish card read:

The best and most
Beautiful Things
cannot be seen or even
touched
They must be felt with the
Heart - Helen Keller

Thank you for the quilt square!

Square & Wish #16 - Goodyear, Arizona

This wish and square came from Beth & Chris Calkins through CHI's quilt square exchange group. I was so delighted to see the bright fabric and the beautiful floral print.

Their wish read this:

Dearest,
We wish you a life filled with
great love, laughter, wonder,
adventure and delight as you
grow with your forever family!

Thank you so much Beth & Chris!!

Square & Wish #15 - Clovis/Cannon AFB, New Mexico

My dear friend Jen sent us this awesome quilt square. Jen obviously knows me really well. I love anything to do with turtles & frogs & crabs. I just think they're all so cute so this very bright fabric with turtles all over it was so fitting. I am really digging these brightly colored squares people are sending me.

Jen & Jay's wish was:

May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!

Lots of Love,
Jen & Jay

Square & Wish #14 - Moss Point, Mississippi

We received this quilt square today from the Wood Family in Mississippi. They are a fellow CHI family. I love the bright colors in the fabric. It's very neat!

Their wish read:

God bless you and keep you,
God smile on you and gift you;
God look you full in the
face and make you prosper.
-Numbers 6. 24-26

Thank you so much for with wish and the quilt square!

Square & Wish #13 - Brentwood, Tennessee

We received square #13 for Emilija's quilt on Friday from the Adams Family. It's a very cute piece of Winnie the Pooh fabric.

Their wish was this:

Reach for the moon and you'll land among the stars.


Thanks so much Adams Family for the square and the wish!

Square & Wish #12 - Stuart, Florida

We received this quilt square from the Rogers family. I loved the vivid colors of this fabric.

Their wish for Emilija was a quote from a scripture in the bible:

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God!" 1 John 3:1


Thanks so very much for the quilt square!

Square & Wish #11 - Pocahontas, Arkansas

This came from the Difani Family today and is so beautiful and colorful!!

The wish card was stamped with this:

Adoption
Bound by Love.
Joined by Hearts.
Sent from Heaven,
a gift from God.

Wishing you a wonderful & blessed life!!!


Thank you so much Difani Family!!!

Square & Wish #10 - Sterling, Virginia

I received this quilt square in the mail today. It is from the Bagot family and is so cute!!!

This is their wish for our daughter:

Dearest Child

JUST THINK
You are here not by chance
But by God's choosing.
HIS HANDS FORMED YOU
And made you the person you are.
He compares you to no one else.
YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND
You lack nothing
That His Grace
can't give you.
He has allowed you
to be here
at this time in history
to fulfill His special purpose
for this generation.
- Roy Lessin

Thanks Bagot Family!!!!

Square & Wish #9 - Edwards Air Force Base, California

We have lots of good military friends and this came from a family we met and befriended at our last base in California. Chrissy & Rob's daughter's are close to Eriks age and they all played wonderfully together so when we moved, we really missed Meghan and Jenna as playmates for Eriks. They got along so well. Now the Bills family will be moving to England and we will miss them very much.

I have to give big kuddos to Chrissy for this quilt square. It was something so totally unexpected. One of the books I absolutely love to read to Eriks is "Guess How Much I Love You" with Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare. I recently discovered that I can order this book in the Latvian language through Balticshop.com (so I will be doing that shortly).

Here's what the Bills' wish was for Emilija:

Two different lives
Shaped to make one,
One became your guiding star,
The other became your sun.

The first gave you life,
And the second taught you to live it,
The first gave you a need for love,
The second was there to give it.

May God bless and keep you all the days of your life.

Love,
Rob, Chrissy, Meghan & Jenna

Thank you so very much gang!!!

Square & Wish # 8 - Council Bluffs, Iowa

Square #8 was received late last week as well from the Conant family. The square reminds me of Disney and so the wish was very befitting. I don't know if Chrissy has ESP or what, but we have been HUGE Disney fans for a long, long time! Our wedding reception revolved around the Mouse himself and his lovely girlfriend, Minnie.

Here's the Conant family's wish:

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true


Thanks so much Chrissy, Gerry & Grace!!!

Squares & Wish # 6 and 7 - San Francisco, California

We received these 2 squares late last week from the Jarman family. I love the rich colors of the fabrics. Their wish reads this:

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." - Cesare Pavese

Thank you so much for these beautiful squares!!

Square & Wish #5 - Henderson, Nevada

This square came from some dear military friends of ours. She did a fantastic job picking out this fabric. It includes my current 2 favorite colors - pink & purple. Can ya tell I've got girls on my brain??? Erik occasionally wears a pink polo, but it's not the same as frilly dresses.

Thanks so much Sal & Freddie. We miss you and will try to visit soon!!

This is their wish:

My Wish - By Rascal Flatts

I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hop you keep on walking till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile.

But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but you never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.


But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this is my wish.

Square & Wish #4 - Dearborn, Michigan

We received our 4th quilt square today from the Baibak family. This is such a cute square!

Their wish was this:

"Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall all get there someday." - Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne

Thank you very much Baibak Family!!!

Square & Wish #3 - Tullahoma, Tennessee

We received our 3rd quilt square, yesterday, May 9th from the Cashion family. I loved it when I saw it because it is so ME!!!!

Their wish was this:

Happiness is like a butterfly which when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you - Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Thanks so much for the square Jason & Stacey!!!

Square & Wish #2 - Hooksett, New Hampshire

We received this quilt square and wish on Monday May 7th from the Beaudoin family in New Hampshire. They too are a family involved in our agency's quilt square swap.

This is what was written on their wish card:

The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

Thanks Beaudoin family!!!

Square & Wish #1 - Lake Milton,Ohio

This quilt square was received from the Niccum family from Ohio on Saturday May 4th. The Niccum family is part of our agency's Quilt Square exchange group. This is what was written on the wish card:

A half a world away
Sometimes it seems we're so far apart
But a half a world away
Is not too far for a journey of the heart

My Little one, my bundle of join
I'm waiting for you
My precious daughter, my baby girl
I know you're waiting too

A half a world away
A child wait for a family of her own
While a half a world away
A family waits to come bring her home

My little one, my bundle of join
I'm whispering a prayer
My precious daughter, my baby girl
I hop to soon be there

I hop that we will no longer be
A half a world away.


Thanks Niccum Family!!!