My kids are blessed with people who like to make them blankets of all types… they each have a big fleece blanket from Aunt Linda (that we use in the boat), a small fleece blanket (that we use in the stroller), a square flannel (that we use in the car), a quilt for decoration in their rooms, a quilt from Sharon (that we use for play mats), and an afghan from Grandma Hall (that we use for sleeping). How nice is that?
But the Sara blanket, which is really a quilt, is special in a different way, because Jim and I each have one too! My Aunt Sara made me a blanket when I was born and I called it my “Sara blanket” as a child. My Sara blanket has been through a lot. I use it when I’m not feeling well or extra tired or just want something cozy for a nap. I took it to college. When I’m sick, my mom (and now Jim) will say, “Do you need your Sara blanket?”
Then we got a quilt from Aunt Sara when we got married. It is a huge queen-size schoolhouse quilt. When Jim was laid up for several weeks after shattered his ACL almost four years ago, he commandeered the quilt and has never given it back. So when he gets sick or hurt and is stuck on the couch (or even when it’s extra cold out and he’s watching football…), he says, “Can I have my Sara blanket?”
JT got an airplane quilt when he was born and he is just now learning what it is… and to ask for it when he’s snuggling on the couch watching Bob or Thomas.
And this week, Haley’s Sara blanket came in the mail. It is soooooo beautiful. It is the perfect shade of pink and it is classic and lovely and flawless. I absolutely love it.
I envision a day when it’s snowy and the kids are home from school and we make hot chocolate and put on a movie and get our Sara blankets. 🙂
Haley’s Aunt Jemima and Puddleduck theme
The Keene Family 