glass thimble

if one is patient

the rewards

in life are priceless...

.

back in 1982

while working on a masters in social work

i often came to this store

to purchase fabric

to take with me to my job

as a midnight to 8am case manager

at the battered women's shelter in columbus

quilting kept my hands and mind occupied

while waiting for the next call to come

in the middle of the night

from a terrified woman

seeking refuge and safety

i found on more than one occasion

that once she arrived

my fabric served as a distraction

to the evil lurking in her life

i began to teach a stitching class during the day

to give the women pained by violence

an outlet

for peaceful thought

and now

here i stand with my daughter

in the same glass thimble

working to share the same sewing skills

with her

for the very same reason...

peaceful thought