Last November, I participated in The Mother's Day Project.
This project, started by Anne Landre, is a way to recognize and remember those women who have given their lives in the war in Iraq. People all over the world were sent pieces of fabric on which was printed the name of one of these women. Mine was Jessica M. Housby. I was to embroider this name and return the fabric to Anne, who in turn, took my embroidery and that of everyone else and turned it into a tote bag.
As I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs today, I came across the CraftSanity blog which corresponds to the podcast on which I first heard of The Mother's Day Project. Imagine my surprise when I saw this picture of some of Anne's progress with the tote! There, at the top, was my little contribution to this project.
It's been almost five months since I first saw Jessica's name. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her. Every time this stupid war is mentioned, I think of her family.
As my little contribution is connected to the whole of this bag, we are all connected to this war. We may not personally know anyone there, but those who are there are mothers and daughters, sons and fathers just like us and that is our connection.
Anne is right. War IS personal.
