A Super Sweet Gift

I received the sweetest gift in the mail last week.

It’s from a friend of my parents, someone I also consider a friend — Janet Smith.

Janet is a special person in my life. Janet is a retired nurse, and when she was a new nurse, back in the 60’s, I was the first baby she helped deliver!

Janet and her husband, Ron, (and Janet’s sister Betty) are all accomplished musicians as well.

Janet’s mother-in-law, Bessie Smith, was my Sunday School teacher at the small country church we attended when I was a little girl.

Janet says she loves quilts, but does not like to make them! However, she has other seemingly unlimited talents, because the gift is even more special as it was handmade by Janet herself! It’s a beautiful set of note cards that she made:

Janet said that the Hazel’s “mending” ones reminded her of me and my mother. Aren’t they just so cute?

She sent me “extras to use”, but they’re so pretty I don’t know about that! They’ll have to be saved for very special people . . .

Thank you so much, Janet, for the sweet, thoughtful, and beautiful gift — I consider it a treasure!