Hand-made gifts

In the beginning of her illness, and especially during her stay at MGH, people gave Madeline and us tons of stuff. Books, art materials, gift cards, edibles, blankets, toys, stuffed animals, cards, games, you name it, she/we received so many gifts. There was so much, that some of the gifts were given to other children who are also sick with cancer. I wanted to showcase some of the handmade gifts that haven't made it to the blog . A group of women in town bead together and they made Madeline and Julia 12 beautiful beaded bracelets and a necklace for me. The heart shaped lump of love comes from Madeline's Aunt in Texas. I was given a beautiful scarf knitted by Katharine that Madeline loves too. We received some very cool poster cards from Trey's friends at work that spell out Mady and Madeline in Revit models and the friends forming letters. A mom of one of Madeline's friends (and a friend of ours) made her some beautiful head scarfs (I cried hard when those came). One of her daughters made hand made stationery for Madeline. I am having trouble uploading some of the images since our computer crashed and was revived (perhaps temporarily)...so I'll send this out and follow it up with more images in the next post. Thank-you all!!! Love!