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My Grandma Walls’ Quilts

An attitude of gratitude

Lollie Hofer
Koinonia
2 min readJan 5, 2023

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Photo by Yu Gui on Unsplash

This is the day that the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

(Psalm 118:24 NKJV)

An attitude of gratitude is a characteristic worth striving for in life. It didn’t come naturally to me, especially as a child.

My thankless heart

Not another quilt,” I moaned. I held it up looking at the colorful blocks of little Dutch boys and girls. “Why can’t Grandma understand eleven-year-olds don’t think quilts are cool?”

And yet, every year, that’s what my grandmother gave us for Christmas. I had hinted for a bike, but I wasn’t surprised when the annual package made its way from Illinois to southern California.

A lot of time and effort went into each one of those well-crafted quilts and pillowcases. They had monetary worth too, since each quilt sold for about fifty dollars. That was a good chunk of change sixty years ago. I took those quilts stitched in love for granted, even to the point of resenting them.

I childishly refused to recognize the value of what she made for me.

An inward work

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Lollie Hofer
Lollie Hofer

Written by Lollie Hofer

I love Jesus. I love His Word. I love His children. These loves have accumulated into 50+ years of serving Him. See lolliehoferauthor.com for further info.

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