Amy

When I first came to Lewiston, I worked as a counselor at the Lewiston Middle School, and I worked with a family who had a young son, who struggled in his life and his family were very committed to him, and we knew one another for over a few years talking to someone in school. And when I moved to work at a different school, the dad in the family crocheted an Afghan for me as a gift, which I was just so touched by. And, they were a family that did not have a lot of resources and he was so generous and kind and resourceful to have done that. And I remember being moved by that gesture. And, he, the dad had grown up here in Lewiston and it sort of represented, like, the spirit, given to me in some ways, to the people here, like, that there was this deep kindness and resourcefulness. From an otherwise, you know, like it was just unexpected. So, anyway, so, in my own life, I enjoy knitting things and quilts are one of the things I make, and I also think they're, like, sort of in and of themselves a symbol of comfort and warmth and. So... that’s the story.