Yesterday Elizabeth and I attended a worship service at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Wilmington. It was a lovely service full of welcoming people with a message to give thanks and gratitude for all of God’s creation, including medical technology and medicine. The hair on the back of my neck stood up when I heard this, because Elizabeth and I had gone there to thank them for the prayer quilt they made…and just by chance happened to attend when the topic was one that is so central to our lives right now!

The prayer quilt that the congregation of this lovely church made is posted above. what you can’t see is that at each corner of each fabric square there is yarn left for more knots to be tied as prayers are said…It is a gift whose value is beyond measure…that people were thinking and praying for my baby, and they had not even met her…..it was humbling and empowering all at the same time.

People are really quite extraordinary when given the chance. We are so grateful to the prayer quilt ministry at St. Mark’s and to Katie Pollock who brought Elizabeth’s situation to their attention. There are no words of gratitude powerful enough to convey our feelings of thanks