• Papa’s Burial Quilt •

• Papa’s Burial Quilt • 

I’ve been working on this for ages! And it will be ages before I finish it! 

I’m making a burial quilt for my father. We designed it together. I’m making it as a shroud for his body when he dies but also as something that can provide comfort and warmth to him before that. I’m making it to hold him in a place I can’t go with him. In this way it is an extension of my heart and hands.

Yes, it is very sad to think of, but it provides comfort to me. It reminds me time is precious. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Every time I sit down to work on this quilt I am confronted with anticipation for my father’s death. And it is intense, but ultimately, it just gives me gratitude for what I have now.

I love that we designed this together and I will cherish the memories attached to it even - even when it is gone.

It’s important to personalize the experiences we have with death and grief. Finding creative ways for us to interact with these hard and heavy things is often difficult but worthwhile.