At 6:30 one morning, toward the end of April 2010, Sue, the founder of American Hero Quilts received a phone call. Sue answered and the lady at the other end of the line asked if this was American Hero Quilts. Sue replied that yes, it was. The lady said "I want to tell you a story about my husband and his quilt."
He got wounded someplace in Afghanistan. When he got home his quilt had notes pinned to it.
The first note said "Dear Soldier, you were given this quilt at
Bagram AFB. Be well, you are a hero." From there he went to Germany and was there for quite some time.
The second note said, "It was an honor to care for you. Your quilt is beautiful. As the quilt says, you are a hero. " The 3rd note is from Andrews AFB, it said "Welcome home hero, your quilt is beautiful. Thank you for serving our country." Then he went to
LeJune. That note says, "It was an honor to take care of you."
Though he likely wouldn't remember much of that trip, his quilt became a chronicle of his journey home.
The lady said her husband was home now and Sue asked how they were doing. She replied, "It's easier to take care of my husband now that we have a hospital bed at home. But today was a good day, I think he recognized his mom." She wanted to know how to wash the quilt. She
didn’t want to ruin it. Sue told her several ways to wash it and told the lady if the quilt was ruined to call and another quilt would be sent. The lady’s response was, "Oh no, that
wouldn’t do, it
wouldn’t be this quilt. My husband won’t let go of his quilt."
An amazing reminder of our purpose. Thank you to the
AHQ volunteers. Please check back for upcoming sew days and other
AHQ events. If you are interested in learning more about American Hero Quilts or would like information on how you can help, please visit our website at
http://www.americanheroquilts.com/.
