This quilt was presented to Joan Smith on July 7th, 2016. Joan's husband, Darrell, had passed away earlier in the week due to complications brought on from a long battle with Alzheimers. When I started making the quilt, Doug asked me who it was for and I truly didn't know. I traveled to Salt Lake City to help care for my granddaughter when I got word her husband had passed. This quilt was tailor made for her. She loves beautiful traditional things. We talked for two hours about Duncan and Darrell and our testimonies of life after death and accepting God's will. She said she felt peaceful as the Lord gave her 4 months to get used to the idea of Darrell being gone as he left a little every day. I felt the Spirit many times during our conversation. She placed the quilt on her lap and seemed to be be almost wrapped in comfort. Joan has been a wonderful friend and neighbor in Utah for 15 years. She is a very talented musician that always pushed our little ward to choir to try pieces not for the faint of heart. She brought out the best in all of us. She introduced me to the Pallisers and a good many other British series. Always generous and loving, she let me tell my stories and always took my side. She called me her 7th daughter. I came away feeling loved and lighter.
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