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Dr. Cara Barker's Love Project: Quilts for the Siblings of Sandy Hook Victims
Thought I'd share this heartwarming story with you guys.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/22/1189185/-Dr-Cara-Barker-s-Love-Project-Quilts-for-the-Siblings-of-Sandy-Hook-Victims
The massacre of children at Sandy Hook shocked the whole country. Dr. Cara Barker is leading a project to send love to the brothers and sisters of children who perished in that tragedy. She's organizing an effort to deliver lap throw sized quilts to them on the first anniversary of the shooting. I am posting this here in the hope that some of the quilters on Daily Kos will want to join in this project of empathy and love. My sister and I are both participating. Dr. Barker writes:
Artistic creations help us heal, and feel remembered. No one benefits more from this than the vulnerable little child. Their losses leave invisible scars. if not attended by compassion, made visible, this critical hurt affects further development. When children grieve, they need messages of reassurance that uplift and heal, reminders that they are not alone. For, when a family loses a child, (ask me how I know), the sibling encounters multiple levels of loss: the death of their brother/sister; a well as the temporary loss of parent, forced to navigate through their own impossible heartbreak.
Bless her heart........
