As I sit here ironing, measuring and cutting the fabric, I'm taken back to a time in my childhood. Every year for Valentine's Day my Mom and I had a special evening together. She belonged to a club and all of the ladies and their daughters would get together for a night together in a hall. It was such a big deal to me as a child to get all dressed up and go out with my my mother. We would have a nice dinner then there would be door prizes.
One year I won a beautiful heart-shaped pillow. I'd never had or seen anything like it before. It was red with white stripes and had a frill around the edges in white with a red stripe. I felt so lucky to win such a beautiful prize! I slept with it every night for as long as I can remember.
It was so nice to have these memories come up tonight. As I smoothed out the heart fabrics I thought of these special times with my Mom and how wonderful I felt. It's so nice to have these memories when my family is so far away from me.
Good night, I'm off to bed feeling the warm fuzzies of this lovely memory from childhood :)
