Remembering Dad

On Friday, April 10, 16 family members gathered to inter the cremains of Dad who passed away November 5, 2025 at the age 95.

Though we miss him terribly, we are at peace because we know he was ready to go and be reunited with our Mother who died 23 years ago. 

Each of us was touched by the beautiful military ceremony for Dad who was a Marine Corps veteran. Two Marines solemnly unfurled an American flag, remained at attention, while a bugler played taps, followed by an honor guard firing three rifles.

The flag was carefully refolded and presented to my brother with a folder and document about Dad's service.

My brother was also presented with a small bag of nine shell casings that represent "duty, honor, and country."  

Mother and Dad are "together again" at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas - a beautiful place. 

The best part of the five-day trip was spending time with family, including our two teenaged grandsons. If you've been reading my blog for a number of years, you saw each of these boys, Tay and Aesa, when they were each newborns. They're very handsome young men now. 💕

I spent a good portion of 40 hours of car-riding time hand-piecing, and hand-appliquing.

Two more columns of hand-pieced Inner City blocks are now joined. 

I also made a good start on Jo Avery's "Dream Flower Posy Hoop Wallhanging" pattern from the February/March issue of Homespun magazine (Australia publication found in my digital public library's Cloud Library app). 

Jo's design @joaverystitch is on the left, a screen shot from Instagram. Mine is on the right. I'm appliquing Fableism and gradated cottons to a linen background. 

I think Dad would appreciate this blog post. He was a loyal blog follower/reader, and when we talked every week would often comment about something I'd posted. I'm glad you're where you wanted to be, Dad. It was good to be with family; it's good to be home again. Linda