Today I sit in My Quilting and Sewing Arts Studio reflecting on the past 2 years

Today I sit in My Quilting and Sewing Arts Studio reflecting on the past 2 and a half years.  In October of 2019, I moved from my 2 bedroom apartment in Newport Tennesee to Live with my Daughter Nancy and her family in her new home in Nellysford Virginia.  This move had been our plan for the past 6 years.  Nancy and I had wanted to move together after she completed her Ph.D. and obtained a "real job".  A Job where she actually settled and got a paying wage.  

In April of 2019, she graduated with her Ph.D. and after applying to places throughout the country she was accepted by the University of Virginia into the research department.

 

I remember her excitement when she got the call from UVA to come to meet with them in July of 2019.  Money was very tight then for us both and she was struggling to stay ahead and was unsure of how she would manage a trip to Virginia for a face-to-face interview.  It was June when the call came and we were visiting my Children in Minnesota to attend my Son Paul's wedding to Shannon.  Nancy had flown up that Friday eve and was to return Sunday home to Ga.  Sat morning everyone met at my son Mike's house including my brother Eddie.  Nancy announced to her siblings that she had this interview coming up in July but needed $ for a hotel room, she had already borrowed $ from her sister Beth to cover Airfare.  My brother came up with a solution! Wait he said.  I have a lot of air miles ill never use why dont we get you a plane ticket with them and then you use the borrowed money for your hotel stay!  He called the airlines and purchased the plane tickets with his miles and she was able to take care of her hotel cost.  Wow-what a godsend that was.  

Nancy went to the interview but it turned out to be a visit to show her the uva campus and where she would be working.  She had already been accepted for the position.! It was an incredible time for her and for me too.  I had planned to move up in March of 2020 after she got settled.  Well, she, with my brothers' assistance was able to rent a home that would accommodate her and her family and me as well.  

So with my brothers' insistence and help, I moved here that following Oct lock stock and barrel.  Into a lovely Large open Room for my Quilting and Sewing and a bedroom.  Wow!  what an eventful beginning.  2020 and 2021 brought mixed blessings and sorrow, the Covid years, the Pandemic!