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Our book to read and discuss during September is The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs. In the book, mother Susan and her daughter Molly take a road trip together from their home in Wyoming to Molly's new college back East. Both of them struggle (for different reasons) with Molly leaving home.
If you'd like to make a block to represent these struggles, check out this Leaving Home quilt block pattern from Quilterscache. I made this block as a part of my Curl Up with a Good Book Quilt. Each block represents a book we've read in the Quilters' Book Club, using just two fabrics - Kona Snow and Kona Rich Red.
If you could send your child out into the world with only ONE piece of advice from you, what would that advice be? Inquiring minds want to know! Answer in the comment section below. If you are reading via email, you must first click on the blog title to be able to comment and read the comments of others.
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That's a tough question! Advice is like potato chips, you can't stop with one! Our youngest is a senior in college and my advice to her would be to stay connected to family.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed the book this month (pretty sure I've read it before!) and at the end of the book is a quilt pattern. Here's a link to my blog talking about the book and my version of the quilt! http://lrdesignsquilting.com/blog/archives/5721
Follow your heart, but get enough skills to feed yourself.
ReplyDeleteWow. A tough question since hindsight is always better than foresight. I remember during a tough time at college my daughter said that we had always taught her to accept responsiblity for her actions. I guess that would be the message that sunk in as we sent her off. I still like that bit of advice because thinking about taking responsibility for what we do often makes us rethink our course of action; on the other hand if we find ourselves having made a wrong decision we have the strength of our beliefs to support us as we take responsibility.
ReplyDeleteI would tell them...never forget whom you serve and where your wisdom, stengh, abilities and love comes from.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember what I told our sons but I'm sure it had something to do with treat others as you want to be treated. They are wonderful sons and are raising their kids as they were raised. It makes us so proud of them.
ReplyDeleteI started reading the book and it totally took me by surprise; it only seems like yesterday now that we took our oldest, our daughter, to college and then her two brothers made their way...now we had granddaughters enter college this fall...life goes around...and "to be full of mercy and love and consideration for others as you make your own decisions based on the principles that you have been taught, not by words, but by example...to serve their God first and follow Him"....and they would say..."I will"...and we are thankful they did!! and they are pressing the same things into our precious grandkids...sigh!... I can still see our daughters face as we left her at the college...but she did find...terrific actually!! Life is so good!
ReplyDeleteYou are considered an adult now and you are responsible for every choice you make, so choose wisely and think before you jump as to what the outcome could be.
ReplyDeleteI just finished the book! I hated the character Linda at the beginning. She was too self-absorbed and thought every women feels the same as she did. I am so not like that and most of the other women in my life are not like that. So, I had a lot of trouble getting started and staying with it. By page 20 I wanted to stop and not look back. But, I kept on with it and after the part where they pick up the stranded girl and her child, the book took another turn and I thoroughly enjoyed it. LOL! Glad I hung in there. I was crying at the end.