Belated Merry Christmas

This is a picture of my mom in her prayer shawl that I presented to her on December 13th. This picture was taken on Christmas Day as my mom was sick on the day that I gave it to her. She was very surprised, but the first surprise was on me. I went to her church to present it to her and she was not at church that day because she was ill. I called her from her church and asked if she was up to company that day. She said yes and was very surprised to see me at her door ten minutes later. (I live about fifty miles way from her. )

She was happy to see me and said "What's going on here?" when I pulled the wrapped shawl from my bag. She loves the shawl and although it is a bit long it works well because she can wrap it around her many times to keep her warm.

I am involved in the prayer shawl ministry at my church and my mom was inspired by me to start a ministry at her church. My mom gave a prayer shawl to her minister on Sunday, December 20th and was so choked up she couldn't speak. I have received many blessings since I have been involved in prayer shawl ministry and I will continue to do it for years to come. It is a blessing to both the giver or maker of the shawl as well as the receipient.