Nathan did part of the sewing but mostly offered encouraging support and shoved pillows inside the finished cases.
Hyrum was determined to sew one entire case on his own and he did it!
We chose to deliver them to a group called Sleep in Heavenly Peace because they build and provide free beds to children who are sleeping on the floor. The new bed sets include a mattress, sheet set, pillow and pillowcase. After looking them up online, we found a date that they were having a build and we showed up with our completed pillows.
Later that day, we saw on Facebook that the picture they had taken was now posted online. A short time later, a bunk bed set was displayed at the health fair and there on the bottom bunk was the pillowcase that Hyrum had made.
A couple of months later, I received a message from the manager at Sleep in Heavenly Peace, informing me that he had again included them in an emotional post. There again, the boys pillows were seen in the pictures.
It was a great project to do together and it was fun to see it ripple throughout a couple of months with us wondering about the six kids who were now sleeping with brand new, made-with-love pillows and cases. It was also good to regained an appreciation for the simple things that we enjoy (like pillows) that others may not have.
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