Today, while working on a small baby quilt featuring a
lovely tree fairy and maiden, I burst out laughing. Now, for some of you that know me well, you might not think
this was in any way odd. For those
of you who haven’t gotten to know me yet, you’ll come to know this might not be
such an oddity at all.
I had just stopped to listen to the song that happened to be
playing as I was focused on creating the intricate lines of the tree fairy,
“When You Wish Upon a Star”, Jiminy Crickets song from the Disney movie,
“Pinocchio”.
In fact, as I
was putting the final touches on this sweet little baby quilt, all of the music
I was playing were lovely Disney songs.
Song I had grown up loving and singing and songs my children had loved
to sing as well. Songs sung at the
top of their lungs in total abandonment. “Colors of the Wind” as we drove
through the forest on our way back from visiting Granny and Papa and they were Pocahontas
. Or a “Whole New World” as they
soared in the heavens on an old throw carpet in the family room. Who could
forget, “Somewhere Out There” as they stood at the window and sang to
the moon. I smiled, closed my
eyes, and allowed the memories to wash over me as the songs gently played in
the background.
I
thought of the parents this quilt was for and all the memories they were
dreaming of as they awaited the birth of their first baby. The memories they would build as they
watched their little one dance and sing to their own favorite Disney
songs. A smile formed as gentle
tears fell upon the quilt. With
each I sent a small blessing for the sweet little one and for the loving
parents. As my machine starting
humming again and the music and machine became one again, I knew that I was
fulfilling one of my greatest dreams for Mama Jean’s, making sure that a wee
bit of magic finds it’s way into each quilt. “One happy thought at a time." 
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