I found a quilted heart tonight on a community library at the end of my street. I’ve driven past this thing thousands of times but have never walked by it until tonight.
A few months ago I lost my twin brother and have been struggling ever since. We would have been 27 this year but he passed just a few weeks before of our birthday.
I rarely leave my house for non essential tasks and certainly not to exercise.
Tonight the grief was overwhelming and I have been wisely advised to start moving my body and try exercise when I feel this way. So I took that advice for the first time and reluctantly bundled up and headed out for a walk.
When I returned home I decided to peek inside of the little library at the end my street and noticed a quilted heart hanging on the doorknob. I saw the message “I need a home” pinned on the fabric, quickly googled IFQH and learned that this quilted heart is mine to keep.
I want to thank the anonymous quilter and the founders of this beautiful movement for this small yet ginormous gesture.
I have felt overwhelmingly disconnected from the people and world around me lately, but I felt overwhelmingly connected again when I found this little heart.
Thank you <3
