Losing the people we love is a hard fact of life, though sometimes the grieving process can bring us closer together in ways we don’t expect. It can also make us reconsider the roles we’ve played in the lives of others, especially those that we’ve lost. Few stories illustrate these lessons better than a recent one out of Nebraska.
Margaret Hubl was 89 years old when she died. Throughout her life, one of her hobbies was quilting—and she was prolific. In her honor, her entire family decided to display all of her handiwork at her funeral as a testament to their love for her. Still, the undertaking was revealing for her children and grandchildren as well.
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Throughout her life, Hubl had three children before taking care of her daughter-in-law’s kids after she died. Alongside her husband Henry, Hubl raised all five children together as if they were all her own. When Hubl started sewing it was a relatively manageable hobby. After all, she was just making clothes for her family. But as her kids grew up, they had kids of her own and suddenly her job got even bigger.
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As her grandchildren started graduating, Hubl started making quilts for each of them as they left high school. It was only after Hubl passed that all her grandchildren realized how much thought and care their grandmother had put into each of the quilts. “This is the love that Grandma made for each of us,” Tollman says. “This is what she made for each of us to wrap up in when we were hurt. When we miss her.”
Above all, this story reminds us to pause and consider how much we cherish those around us while they’re still here. It may also give us pause to think about how we show one another we care, and how even the small things can mean so much more than we think. Although it can be hard to let go, Hubl’s family will always have their grandmother’s handiwork as a reminder of the love they shared while they were still together.
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Source: Today