http://www.blanketachildinlove.org Blankets hand-made w/Love & Blessings for children who've experienced trauma in ther lives Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:37:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you walk into a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or NICU, you may notice a sea of blankets thrown over the incubators, a parent next to each one, worried, tired, and anxious.  Since the lights are so bright, parents will shield the light a bit with a blanket over the ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/16/fragile-nicu-babies/ We are honored to partner with Dell's Children's Medical Center to provide blankets to 96 children this winter! Statistics show that kids heal faster if they are treated in a Children's Center.  So, Dell's Children's Medical Center has taken that very seriously.  Here are a few great things I found out ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/15/96-young-lives/ You wouldn't believe it, but they'll take the blankie. So this is Baby Girl, hands on that satin trim already.  In my post What is it About a Blankie, I talk about when I first noticed that Baby Girl was hooked to the corner of her blankie.  She would run her ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/13/when-asked-to-choose-between-a-blanket-and-pearls/ So, it seems my idea to get blankets to children isn't that original.  Project Linus has been doing it for almost 15 years!  And in that time, they've delivered over 3 million handmade blankets to children.  That's a lot of blankets, and a lot of women sewing, knitting, quilting, and ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/12/project-linus/ I thought I'd share a journal entry with you that I found relevant to the topic of blankets and what they grow to mean to people.  Even adults like myself. Date: Recent As I get ready for bed, I am reminded of the days before Baby Girl.  (The picture, above, was taken ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/10/tonight-i-am-reminded/ We all remember the Peanuts character Linus.  The sweet, incredibly bright boy, with a slight lisp, and a blanket in tow. http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/09/linus-explains-what-christmas-is-all-about/ For children dreaming of a White Christmas, give not a blanket of snow, but a pale blanket of love. This year, Baby Girl and I have dedicated our Christmas to blanketing children in love.  These are children, age newborn to 5, that have experienced trauma in their young lives. Baby Girl and ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/04/hello-world-2/ Half a lifetime, or half my lifetime, is the amount of time I've been without my blankie. Except my "blankie" was a pillow. A sweet pillow, made by my grandmother, that after many washes, somehow still smelled like my grandmother.  You know the grandma smell: sweet, powdery, and just a tad musky.  ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/03/half-a-lifetime/ She was six month old when I observed a funny behavior.  Baby Girl was exhausted, ready to fall asleep... and yet her eyes, drowsy and half-open, looked for something.  Her hands busily running along the edge of the blanket, searching, eager, and unsatisfied. "What is she doing?" I thought.  So, I ... http://www.blanketachildinlove.org/2009/12/02/what-is-it-about-a-blankie/