15 years ago this angel was born.

15 years ago I got an early morning phone call. It's a GIRL! I was so excited. We had been "thinking pink" for as long as we knew my sister was pregnant. We needed a girl. Up to this day we had only had boys in the family. You have to understand Sara was the first GIRL in our family since her mother was born. We knew on that day she was special. Just how special we had no idea at the time. As she grew we learned. She had so many plans so many things she wanted to do and see. She had visited many places and made friends everywhere she went. She was the sweetest girl with the most amazing smile. Everyone remembers her smile. When she did, her entire face smiled.

I haven't been as diligant as I should be about completing her project. I have had projects to get done for work and home. It's funny how easy life can get in the way of our best intentions. I promise Sara to get this project complete. I've been working on squares in hope to sew them into many different lapghans. I'm doing this to honor you. To make the one last thing you asked for me to help you do get completed! Love you and miss you angel. Aunt Sue.

Been busy just not on here!

I've been busy but blogging. I don't have a photo to share but I have been busy making squares. I got 2 big bags of acrylic yarn from a good friend and have been using alot of that to quickly crochet squares so my mom and sister can start sewing them together!

Sorry I've been lax in posting but work has been extremly busy then of course the holidays. Finishing up some UFO's and working on squares in between it all. I will post a photo of the progress soon!

Thanks for hanging in there with me.

Oh almost forgot. The Yellowbook ad lady dropped off a square to my office. She felt bad because she promised me some but had severly injured her wrist and is just getting back to her needlework. Crochet granny squares in an awesome blue color that is good for men or women.

Sara's Plaque

This is the plaque that is in the ground under Sara's tree. I finally got over and had a camera to take a picture. I love how it turned out.

A new one- by me.

I recently finished this lapghan. I used the left over yarn from Connor's baby blanket. It is nice colors and a larger size good for a man. The colors I made my first lapghan from are kinda bright and girly so I had to even things out a bit. I've been having a hard time making lapghans.. not sure why . I know I need to get going again. During the move my hubby had the totes full of lapghans donated to date and that kinda sparked me to finish this one. Thank you to everyone who has helped me. I'm still here and still plugging along. Please note the new address on the blog. I'm still accepting donations of any kind. Still hard at work trying to get Sara's goal accomplished but I think she was right 2010 is realistic. Lil bugger was a smart one for her age. I still miss her everyday. Hard to believe she would be graduating 8th grade next month if she was still with us. Aly keeps me going we will enjoy her school successes. But thought of Sara are always right on the edge of the surface.. the what if's. They can make you crazy, in good and bad ways.

Yesterday was another reminder.

I really wanted to do a post on here yesterday. I couldn't bring myself to do it. Sara would've turned 14. With all the happiness around the family with the birth of Connor we still paused to remember we should be celebrating Sars's second year of being a teenager. She was just heading into womanhood when she was taken from us. I was looking forward to so many things with her getting older. School dances and such. She so enjoyed going to see plays in Chicago. Wicked was her favorite. I never got to see Wicked but she did!! Twice I believe.
Happy Birthday Saraboo. Aunt Sue loves and misses you, thank you for helping your mom and dad and the rest of the family heal by picking out Connor for us to love. God must have great plans for him. We know you helped send him to us.

Happy Birthday!!

Connor William came into the world this morning at 2:06 am. He weighed 8lb 10 oz. Mom and baby are doing great. Mom also said he doesn't look like his sister or brother. I can't wait to go see him this afternoon. I will post pictures asap.

Still here... hope you are also.

Well this new baby has taken my free time and will probably continue to do so once he arrives. Sara's new baby brother is due to arrive at anytime! His blanket has been very time consuming but my sister loves it and is so grateful. I will post a photo once it's complete.

I think of Sara all the time and know how excited she would be about the new baby. That reassures me that she is ok with Aunt Sue taking a little break from making our blankets. I have a bunch of squares to sew together. I have them in a box ready to go. I also have a good supply of left over yarn in (male) colors I plan to use soon.

I thought Sara was way off with her 2010 target date. The more I think about it she was right on target! Miss you sweety.. I know you are watching over us all!!