Wrapping Active Military And Veterans To Comfort And Heal
In this episode, Rich has a conversation with Lori Thompson.
Lori is the Executive Director for Quilts of Valor.
In 2003, the Quilts of Valor Foundation was founded on a dream. Nat, the son of founder Catherine Roberts, was deployed in Iraq.
According to Catherine: The dream was as vivid as real life. I saw a young man sitting on the side of his bed in the middle of the night, hunched over. The permeating feeling was one of utter despair. I could see his war demons clustered around, dragging him down into an emotional gutter. Then, as if viewing a movie, I saw him in the next scene wrapped in a quilt. His whole demeanor changed from one of despair to one of hope and well-being. The quilt had made this dramatic change. The message of my dream was: Quilts = Healing.
Thank you to Lori Thompson for the conversation. Here are some links for Quilts of Valor:
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