by Martha Brady | Feb 15, 2021 | CHANGE, HOPE, RELATIONSHIPS
This quilt pattern is sometimes called the North Star pattern. I’m more familiar with the name Sawtooth Star for this block. I’m sure there are a few other names as well. This was simply a reminder to the slaves that they needed to follow the North Star as...
by Martha Brady | Feb 11, 2021 | BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, NOTES FOR CARE GIVERS
I settle into my seat in church, often a few minutes late. I try to pat my fly away hair into place and straighten my clothes. This morning has been rushed again. Of course, you barely know me. We exchange smiles. I try to calm my rapidly beating heart. My husband is...
by Martha Brady | Feb 8, 2021 | CHANGE, RELATIONSHIPS
The two blocks we are going to discuss today are Bear’s Track and Drunkard’s Path. They are blocks that have been around a long time. Of course, that is why no suspicion was aroused when quilts with these blocks were hung on porches, fences, or...
by Martha Brady | Feb 4, 2021 | AGING, CHANGE, NOTES FOR CARE GIVERS, RELATIONSHIPS
How do we support the person we are caring for as we give them care? Hopefully, we knew them well enough before they were sick that we have some insight into how to do that. But their illness may have changed them. Some of the changes are temporary, such as...
by Martha Brady | Feb 1, 2021 | CHANGE
Several years ago, I was in downtown Atlanta and popped into a quilt museum for black quilters. (I don’t remember the exact name.) That was the first I ever heard about the role quilts played in the Underground Railroad. It was a very interesting tour even...
by Martha Brady | Jan 25, 2021 | AGING, BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, GOD'S CHARACTER, GOD'S PROMISES, HOPE
Recently, a friend mentioned part of the Bible passage below as one that had been helpful to her as she has battled cancer during the past 6+ months. It has been a fight too! She had to have chemo–two kinds. Now she is getting a break before the mastectomy. She...
