At this time yesterday I was sitting at the bottom of the stairs, listening to the 911 dispatcher , holding a towel to the cut on my husband’s head as he lay unconscious on the floor. Both kids had woken up to the sound of me screaming Nic’s name, trying to wake him up, running to grab the phone. Ellie was in her crib crying, Will was at the middle of the stairs, tears streaming down his face as he took it all in, asking “Is Daddy dead? I don’t want Daddy to die!”
Nic steadily came to, the EMTs arrived, he went to the hospital and got the stitches and CAT scan and EKG and bloodwork. His memory started to return and we took him home. As Nic lay on the sofa and remembered that it was January and all the little things that had first evaded him, and Will replaced the trauma of the morning with the audaciousness of the little boy next door NOT SHARING THE PIECES they had been playing with, I was filled with the nervous energy of having glimpsed an entirely different world. And so after the dishes were done and the blood and vomit and EMT bootprints were wiped from the floor, I picked up pieces and sewed them together.
Will sat on my lap and operated the foot pedal and we made this lastest block #9 for the sherbet pips quilt:
Steph - Lurker from your former scrapping world de-lurking to say, ” Oh no!!!” It sounds like he’s okay but what a scare! My 9 yo has epilepsy and I’ll never forget her first seizure and that feeling that overcomes you when you can’t wake them up! I hope it’s nothing serious!
Your block is beautiful! Love the color combo! I honestly think that quilting is the best sanity saver there is. 🙂
Susanne - Holy cow, Traci ¡!
Frying pans are NOT good ways of punishing the husband for not taking out the garbage!!!!
JK!! Did he falll down the stairs? What ever happened it sound super scary. Inm glad you got the chance to sew and process it. I know these sorts of experiences stay etched in the memory. Glad he’s back home and doing OK.
Bridget =) - holy cow! what made him pass out??? glad everyone’s ok!!!
Kristie at OCD - Yikes! Funny how life can turn in an instant…glad your world is still in place.
(and…LOVE this block. The bestest yet!)
Melissa - Oh my goodness, Traci! I’m so so so sorry you had that experience! But I’m so so so so glad that Nic and the kids and YOU are okay. So glad. 🙂