She asked our help in making a comfort afghan for a woman whose son is immanently dying of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), the same disease as depicted in the film "Lorenzo's Oil". The woman is a travel agent who helped out our member.
It turns out our member's son also has the disease. He LOVES the Boston Red Sox and was granted his wish by the Make-a-Wish foundation to travel to Florida and see the Sox at their training camp. When the travel agent learned of this, she arranged for the family to have 2 extra days in Florida as well as visit Sea World and for the boy to swim with the dolphins there.
In addition to the blanket we're making for the travel agent's son, who loves Superman, on the sly, the group decided to also make a blanket for our member and her son. Naturally, the theme is the Red Sox.
The white center, of each square, will have overstitching to make it look more like a baseball. Each square will then be bordered in blue and the entire afghan joined in blue.
There is a decided urgency to these projects, as it is very likely neither boy will be with us much longer. We hope, however, the blankets give the boys a bit of comfort now, and their mothers, later on.
Crocheting for others keeps me very mindful that no matter how hard I may feel my life is, there are millions for whom life is much more challenging.
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